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1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
3 Plaintiff-Appellant,
4 v. Nos. 32,877
5 & 32,884
6 (Consolidated)
7 LYDIA A.,
8 Defendant-Appellee.
9 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOÑA ANA COUNTY
10 Marcie E. Beyer, District Judge
11 Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General
12 Margaret McLean, Assistant Attorney General
13 Santa Fe, NM
14 for Appellant
15 Jorge A. Alvarado, Chief Public Defender
16 Sergio Viscoli, Assistant Appellate Defender
17 Santa Fe, NM
18 for Appellee
19 MEMORANDUM OPINION
20 BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
1 {1} The State appeals from the district court’s order dismissing the charge of
2 burglary brought against the Child. This Court issued a stay before addressing the
3 merits of the State’s appeal, pending our decision in State v. Archuleta, ___-NMCA-
4 ___, ___ P.3d ___ (No. 32,794, Oct. 27, 2014), cert. granted,
5 2015-NMCERT-___ (No. 35,005, Jan. 26, 2015), the first
6 of many cases raising the same issue relative to the charge of burglary. Once the
7 opinion in Archuleta was issued, we relied on that opinion, lifted the stay, and issued
8 a notice of proposed summary disposition, proposing to affirm. [Ct. App. file]
9 {2} The State has filed a response objecting to the notice and requesting that we
10 hold this appeal in abeyance or provide the State with a reasonable opportunity to seek
11 guidance from the New Mexico Supreme Court regarding all pending appeals
12 controlled by our opinion in Archuleta. [MIO 1-2] We have provided the State with
13 such an opportunity, and the Supreme Court has denied the State’s request for a stay
14 or another remedy that would suspend the precedential value of Archuleta. Thus,
15 pursuant to Rule 12-405(C) NMRA, we apply Archuleta. See Rule 12-405(C) (“A
16 petition for a writ of certiorari filed pursuant to Rule 12-502 NMRA or a Supreme
17 Court order granting the petition does not affect the precedential value of an opinion
18 of the Court of Appeals, unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court.”).
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1 {3} In its response to our notice, the State simply objects to our proposed
2 disposition and indicates it is unable to provide any additional facts or legal argument
3 in response to the proposed disposition. [MIO 1, 3] We continue to believe there are
4 no material factual or legal distinctions between this case and our opinion in
5 Archuleta. Therefore, for the reasons stated in our notice of proposed disposition, we
6 affirm the district court’s order granting the Child’s motion to dismiss the charge of
7 burglary.
8 {4} IT IS SO ORDERED.
9
10 _______________________________________
11 MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE, Judge
12 WE CONCUR:
13
14 MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Chief Judge
15
16 JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judge
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