State v. Stanford - In the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico

State v. Stanford

By In the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico

  • Release Date: 2004-04-21
  • Genre: Law

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OPINION ¶1 In this appeal, we hold that Article IV, Section 34 of the New Mexico Constitution, which prohibits a legislative act from affecting the right or remedy of a party in a pending case, precludes the effect of the 2002 amendment to the habitual offender statute, NMSA 1978, § 31-18-17 (2002), when a supplemental criminal information is filed before, and Defendant is sentenced after, the July 1, 2002 effective date of the amendment.

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