State v. Botello

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6 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
7 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
8 Plaintiff-Appellee,
9 v. NO. 31,406
10 CIPRIANO BOTELLO,
11 Defendant-Appellant.
12 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOÑA ANA COUNTY
13 Lisa C. Schultz, District Judge
14 Gary K. King, Attorney General
15 Santa Fe, NM
16 for Appellee
17 Cipriano Botello
18 Hobbs, NM
19 Pro Se Appellant
20 MEMORANDUM OPINION
21 FRY, Judge.
22 Defendant Cipriano Botello appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for
23 reconsideration of sentence. This Court filed a notice of proposed summary
1 disposition on September 21, 2011, proposing to dismiss the appeal because
2 Defendant’s notice of appeal was filed one day late. Defendant filed a memorandum
3 in opposition on October 3, 2011, which we have given due consideration.
4 Unpersuaded, we dismiss Defendant’s appeal.
5 Rule 12-201(A)(2) NMRA requires that a notice of appeal shall be filed “within
6 thirty (30) days after the judgment or order appealed from is filed in the district court
7 clerk’s office.” The New Mexico Supreme Court has held that timely filing a notice
8 of appeal is a mandatory precondition to this Court’s exercise of jurisdiction. Trujillo
9 v. Serrano, 117 N.M. 273, 277-78, 871 P.2d 369, 373-74 (1994).
10 Our review of the record shows that the order denying Defendant’s motion to
11 reconsider sentence was filed on May 10, 2011. [RP 361] Defendant, acting pro se,
12 filed his notice of appeal thirty-one days later on Friday, June 10, 2011. [RP 363]
13 Accordingly, the mandatory precondition has not been met, nor has Defendant pointed
14 out any unusual circumstances, such as late filing caused by an error of the court, that
15 might provide a sufficient reason to overlook the lateness. Id.
16 For the reasons stated above, we dismiss this appeal.
17 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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2 CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge
3 WE CONCUR:
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5 JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge
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7 TIMOTHY L. GARCIA, Judge
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