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Facts

• The State charged Defendant Miguel Antonio Otero with unspecified offenses. The district court dismissed the charges against Otero without prejudice, leading to the State's appeal of this decision.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Brett R. Loveless, District Judge: Charges against Defendant Miguel Antonio Otero were dismissed without prejudice.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (State): Argued that it was not required to disclose the second CADS log due to no showing of materiality to the defense and contended that the district court's dismissal without prejudice was an inappropriate sanction.
• Appellee (Defendant): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the State was required to disclose the second CADS log despite no showing of materiality to the defense.
• Whether the district court's dismissal of the charges without prejudice was an appropriate sanction.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order dismissing the charges against Defendant Miguel Antonio Otero without prejudice.

Reasons

• Per J. MILES HANISEE, with JAMES J. WECHSLER and LINDA M. VANZI concurring:
  The Court rejected the State's argument regarding the non-disclosure of the second CADS log, affirming that Local Rule 2-400(D)(1) NMRA (2015) requires the State to provide copies of documentary evidence irrespective of a showing of materiality (paras 2-3).
  The Court found the State's reliance on State v. Harper inapplicable, as Harper dealt with the exclusion of key witnesses, which is a more severe sanction than dismissal without prejudice. The Court emphasized that dismissal without prejudice does not prevent the State from reindicting the defendant, thus not constituting an extreme sanction (paras 4-5).