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Facts

• The case involves the Defendant, Matthew Gonzales, who was appealing from the district court's judgment, sentence, and commitment regarding his conviction. The specific events leading to the conviction are not detailed in the provided text.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Cristina Jaramillo, District Judge, filed on February 5, 2016.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant: The submission from the Defendant-Appellant is not explicitly detailed in the provided text.
• Appellee: The State indicated that it does not intend to file a memorandum in opposition to the Court's notice of proposed disposition and does not object to the Court's proposal to reverse the designation of the kidnapping conviction as a serious violent offense and remand for additional fact finding.

Legal Issues

• Whether the designation of the kidnapping conviction as a serious violent offense should be reversed and remanded for additional fact finding.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the district court's judgment regarding the designation of the kidnapping conviction as a serious violent offense and remanded the case for additional fact finding.

Reasons

• Per Wechsler, J., with Timothy L. Garcia, J., and Stephen G. French, J., concurring:
  The decision to reverse and remand was based on the Court's own proposal for disposition, which was not opposed by the State. The State explicitly stated it did not object to the Court's proposal, leading to the unanimous decision to reverse the lower court's designation of the kidnapping conviction as a serious violent offense and to remand the case for further fact finding.