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Facts

• The State charged the Defendant with commercial burglary. The case's progression hinged on a legal issue that was also central to another case, State v. Archuleta, which addressed the same charge under similar circumstances.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Michael Martinez, District Judge: The district court dismissed the charge of commercial burglary against the Defendant.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State): Objected to the court's proposed disposition to affirm the district court's dismissal of the commercial burglary charge against the Defendant. The State requested the appeal be held in abeyance or sought an opportunity to consult the New Mexico Supreme Court regarding appeals influenced by the Court of Appeals' opinion in Archuleta (paras 1-2).
• Defendant-Appellee: The specific arguments made by the Defendant-Appellee are not detailed in the provided text. However, it can be inferred that the Defendant-Appellee supported the district court's decision to dismiss the charge of commercial burglary.

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court's order dismissing the charge of commercial burglary against the Defendant should be affirmed based on the precedential value of the Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Archuleta.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s order granting the Defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge of commercial burglary.

Reasons

• The Court of Appeals, with Judge James J. Wechsler authoring the memorandum opinion and Judges Jonathan B. Sutin and M. Monica Zamora concurring, decided to affirm the district court's dismissal of the commercial burglary charge against the Defendant. Initially, the Court considered reversing the dismissal but stayed its decision pending the outcome of State v. Archuleta, a case with similar legal issues. After the Archuleta opinion was issued and the Supreme Court denied the State's request for a stay or other remedy that would suspend Archuleta's precedential value, the Court of Appeals applied the Archuleta decision to the present case. The State's response to the Court's notice did not provide additional facts or legal arguments that could distinguish this case from Archuleta. Consequently, the Court found no material factual or legal distinctions between this case and Archuleta, leading to the affirmation of the district court's order to dismiss the commercial burglary charge (paras 1-3).