State v. Gallegos
This text of State v. Gallegos (State v. Gallegos) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico Court of Appeals primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico 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 Please see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions.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. 31,903
5 JONATHAN GALLEGOS,
6 Defendant-Appellant.
7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN JUAN COUNTY 8 William C. Birdsall, District Judge
9 Gary K. King, Attorney General 10 Santa Fe, NM
11 for Appellee
12 Jacqueline L. Cooper, Chief Public Defender 13 J.K. Theodosia Johnson, Assistant Appellate Defender 14 Santa Fe, NM
15 for Appellant
16 MEMORANDUM OPINION
17 VIGIL, Judge.
18 Gallegos appeals an order denying his motion to withdraw his plea. In our
19 notice of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to dismiss Gallegos’s appeal, 1 since Gallegos’s notice of appeal was filed late. Gallegos has filed a memorandum
2 in opposition, which we have duly considered. As we are not persuaded by his
3 arguments, we dismiss this appeal for the reasons stated in our notice of proposed
4 summary disposition. To the degree that Gallegos may have a claim of ineffective
5 assistance of counsel based on either (1) his new counsel’s failure to timely file the
6 notice of appeal or (2) his prior counsel’s representation of him in entering the plea,
7 our dismissal of this appeal does not prevent him from seeking to present evidence in
8 support of those arguments in a post-conviction proceeding.
9 IT IS SO ORDERED.
10 _______________________________ 11 MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Judge
12 WE CONCUR:
13 _________________________________ 14 RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge
15 _________________________________ 16 J. MILES HANISEE, Judge
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
State v. Gallegos, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-gallegos-nmctapp-2012.