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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted for criminal sexual penetration (CSP) of a child under the age of thirteen and kidnapping. The trial involved evidence from a safehouse interview and examination of the young child, expert witness testimony, and detailed testimony regarding the incident.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant: Argued that the case was a simple "he said, she said" scenario without complex matters for the jury, involving only a few witnesses and no significant difficulties. The Defendant also contended that the pretrial conditions, including mandatory counseling, weekly reporting to pretrial services, drug screenings, and wearing an ankle monitor, constituted "a form of oppressive incarceration" and caused him undue anxiety and concern.
• Plaintiff-Appellee (State of New Mexico): The specific arguments of the Plaintiff-Appellee are not detailed in the provided text.

Legal Issues

• Whether the case should be categorized as simple due to its nature and the evidence involved.
• Whether the delay in the trial was presumptively prejudicial.
• Whether the Defendant demonstrated actual prejudice due to the conditions of his pretrial release.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's determination that the Defendant's speedy trial rights were not violated.

Reasons

• The Court, comprising Judges Roderick T. Kennedy, Linda M. Vanzi, and Timothy L. Garcia, unanimously affirmed the district court's decision. The Court rejected the Defendant's argument that the case was simple, citing its intermediate complexity due to the involvement of a safehouse interview with a young child, expert witness testimony, and detailed incident testimony. The Court found that the trial's length of delay was not presumptively prejudicial as it was less than fifteen months, which is the threshold for such a presumption. Additionally, the Court disagreed with the Defendant's claim of suffering undue prejudice from pretrial conditions, stating that wearing an ankle monitor and complying with pretrial conditions does not equate to oppressive pretrial incarceration. The Court relied on precedent to conclude that the Defendant did not meet the burden of demonstrating actual prejudice from the delay in trial.