State v. Reyes

This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Appellate Reports. Please see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions. Please also note that this electronic memorandum opinion may contain computer-generated errors or other deviations from the official paper version filed by the Court of Appeals and does not include the filing date. 1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 3 Plaintiff-Appellee, 4 v. No. 33,479 5 PAUL KEITH REYES, 6 Defendant-Appellant. 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY 8 Stan Whitaker, District Judge 9 Gary K. King, Attorney General 10 Santa Fe, NM 11 for Appellee 12 Paul Keith Reyes 13 Albuquerque, NM 14 Pro Se Appellant 15 MEMORANDUM OPINION 16 HANISEE, Judge. 17 {1} Defendant, who is self-represented, is appealing from a district court order 18 dismissing his on-the-record appeal from metropolitan court for lack of a final order. 1 We issued a calendar notice proposing to affirm the district court. Defendant has 2 responded with a memorandum in opposition. We affirm. 3 {2} The district court order dismissing Defendant’s on-the-record appeal from 4 metropolitan court indicates that the metropolitan court proceedings ended with the 5 filing of a nolle prosequi and that no judgment or final order was entered below. [RP 6 15] There is no final metropolitan court in the record proper, or in records available 7 online. Generally, appellate jurisdiction is limited to appeals that are timely filed from 8 final decisions, orders, or judgments. See State v. Lohberger, 2008-NMSC-033, ¶ 19, 9 144 N.M. 297, 187 P.3d 162. This requirement applies to appeals taken from the 10 metropolitan court to the district court. See Rule 5-827(A) NMRA. Accordingly, we 11 affirm the district court’s order dismissing Defendant’s appeal. 12 {3} IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 J. MILES HANISEE, Judge 15 WE CONCUR: 16 17 JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judge 18 19 MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Judge 2