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1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
3 Plaintiff-Appellee,
4 v. No. 34,665
5 JOSUE OROZCO
6 Defendant-Appellant.
7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHAVES COUNTY
8 Freddie J. Romero, District Judge
9 Hector Balderas, Attorney General
10 Santa Fe, NM
11 for Appellees
12 Jorge Alvarado, Chief Public Defender
13 Santa Fe, NM
14 J. K. Theodosia Johnson, Assistant Appellate Defender
15 Santa Fe, NM
16 for Appellant
17 MEMORANDUM OPINION
18 VIGIL, Chief Judge.
1 {1} Defendant appeals his conviction for aggravated assault (deadly weapon). We
2 issued a calendar notice proposing to affirm. Defendant has responded with a
3 memorandum in opposition. We affirm.
4 {2} Defendant continues to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his
5 conviction for aggravated assault (deadly weapon). A sufficiency of the evidence
6 review involves a two-step process. Initially, the evidence is viewed in the light most
7 favorable to the verdict. Then the appellate court must make a legal determination of
8 “whether the evidence viewed in this manner could justify a finding by any rational
9 trier of fact that each element of the crime charged has been established beyond a
10 reasonable doubt.” State v. Apodaca, 1994-NMSC-121, ¶ 6, 118 N.M. 762, 887 P.2d
11 756 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
12 {3} In order to convict Defendant of aggravated assault (deadly weapon), the
13 evidence had to show that he unlawfully assaulted the victim or struck him with a
14 deadly weapon. See NMSA 1978, § 30-3-2(A) (1963). An assault includes a situation
15 where any unlawful act, threat or menacing conduct causes another person to
16 reasonably believe that he is in danger of receiving an immediate battery. See NMSA
17 1978, § 30-3-1(B) (1963).
18 {4} In this case Defendant had a bench trial. The district court found that Defendant
19 entered the victim’s house late at night and confronted him about alleged defamatory
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1 statements. As he did so, Defendant pointed a loaded gun at the victim. Based on this
2 evidence, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant’s
3 conviction.
4 {5} To the extent that Defendant’s docketing statement attempted to raise a second
5 issue, the issue has been abandoned. See State v. Johnson, 1988-NMCA-029, ¶ 8, 107
6 N.M. 356, 758 P.2d 306 (explaining that when a case is decided on the summary
7 calendar, an issue is deemed abandoned when a party fails to respond to the proposed
8 disposition of that issue).
9 {6} For the reasons set forth above, affirm.
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11 {7} IT IS SO ORDERED.
12 ______________________________
13 MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Chief Judge
14 WE CONCUR:
15 ___________________________________
16 RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge
17 ___________________________________
18 J. MILES HANISEE, Judge
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