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Facts

• On an evening in July 2010, a fifteen-year-old boy attended a concert and later planned to go to a party with his family. After an argument with his cousin, he was left in downtown Albuquerque. The Defendant offered him a ride home but first stopped at a salon and then his apartment. At the apartment, the Defendant provided the boy with alcohol and drugs, leading to two instances of sexual penetration. The next morning, the Defendant took the boy home. The boy reported the incident to his family and was examined by a sexual assault nurse examiner, who found the Defendant's DNA on the boy's clothing. The boy identified the Defendant in a photo array and at trial (paras 3-6).

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the district court failed to instruct the jury on a required element for the CSP II-felony convictions, claimed insufficient evidence to support the guilty verdicts, and contended that allowing all convictions to stand would violate double jeopardy principles (para 2).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court failed to instruct the jury on a required element for the CSP II-felony convictions.
• Whether there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s guilty verdicts.
• Whether allowing all convictions to stand would violate double jeopardy principles (para 2).

Disposition

• The court affirmed in part and remanded to vacate the Defendant’s CSP II-felony convictions (para 2).

Reasons

• The court found no fundamental error in the jury instructions regarding the CSP II-felony charges, despite the Defendant's failure to request an instruction on the causal link between the CSP II-felony charges and the associated felonies. The court also found sufficient evidence to support the convictions for kidnapping, distribution of a controlled substance to a minor, CSP II, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. However, the court agreed with the Defendant on the double jeopardy issue, instructing the district court to vacate the CSP II-felony convictions due to the potential for double jeopardy violations, as the jury instructions did not clearly separate the conduct underlying the CSP II-felony convictions from the kidnapping conviction. The court concluded that the conduct was unitary for the purposes of double jeopardy analysis and that the legislature did not intend to allow separate punishments for the CSP II-felony and kidnapping under the circumstances of this case (paras 8-33).