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Facts

• The State of New Mexico appealed from a district court's amended order that granted the Defendant's motion to exclude certain evidence. The appeal was based on the argument that the evidence excluded was substantial proof of a material fact in the proceeding.

Procedural History

• District Court of Doña Ana County, Douglas R. Driggers, District Judge: Amended order granting Defendant's motion to exclude evidence.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State of New Mexico): Argued that the evidence excluded by the district court's order was substantial proof of a material fact in the proceeding.
• Defendant-Appellee (Juan Carlos Martinez): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the State's appeal should be dismissed due to non-compliance with the mandatory preconditions for exercising the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction, specifically the timely filing of a properly certified notice of appeal.

Disposition

• The State's appeal was dismissed.

Reasons

• Cynthia A. Fry, Judge, with James J. Wechsler and Linda M. Vanzi, Judges concurring, found that the State's appeal did not meet the mandatory preconditions for the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction as outlined in State v. Vasquez. The initial notice of appeal was timely but not properly certified, and the amended notice, although properly certified, was not timely filed. The State argued that Vasquez was wrongly decided and should be reconsidered; however, the Court declined to reconsider or overrule Vasquez, stating it as the controlling law. The State failed to present any exceptional circumstances beyond inadvertence that would justify overlooking the non-compliance with the jurisdictional preconditions.