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Facts

• The Defendant was sentenced to an enhanced period of parole under NMSA 1978, Section 31-21-10.1(A) (2007). The specifics leading to this sentence are not detailed in the provided text.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee (State of New Mexico): Argued that the Defendant’s sentence to an enhanced period of parole was proper ([2]).
• Defendant-Appellant (John Branham): The specific arguments made by the Defendant are not detailed in the provided text, but it is implied that the Defendant appealed the sentence, challenging its propriety.

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant’s sentence to an enhanced period of parole was proper.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the Defendant’s sentence and remanded the case to the district court for proceedings consistent with the notice of proposed disposition ([3]).

Reasons

• The decision was authored by Judge Megan P. Duffy, with Judges Kristina Bogardus and Jane B. Yohalem concurring. The Court considered the State's memorandum in opposition but remained unpersuaded by the State's arguments, which did not present any new facts, law, or arguments that could alter the Court's initial stance towards reversing the sentence. The Court referenced previous case law emphasizing the burden on the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or law, noting that the State's repetition of earlier arguments did not fulfill this requirement ([2]).