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Facts

• The Defendant, Ishmel Norman, was convicted after a jury trial in the metropolitan court for aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DWI) (third offense), and failure to obey a traffic signal (paras 1).

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Cristina T. Jaramillo, District Judge: Affirmed the convictions for aggravated DWI (third offense) and failure to obey a traffic signal.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (Defendant): Argued against the convictions based on the same arguments presented in his docketing statement and in the statement of the issues filed with the district court in his on-record appeal (para 2).
• Appellee (State): Supported the affirmance of the convictions, as indicated by the Court's proposal to adopt the district court’s memorandum opinion in response to the Defendant's arguments.

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court's affirmance of the Defendant's convictions for aggravated DWI (third offense) and failure to obey a traffic signal should be upheld.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the Defendant's convictions for aggravated DWI (third offense) and failure to obey a traffic signal (para 3).

Reasons

• Per M. Monica Zamora, with J. Miles Hanisee and Stephen G. French concurring, the Court decided to affirm the Defendant's convictions. The decision was based on the lack of new arguments or issues raised by the Defendant apart from those already considered in the district court and in the Court of Appeals' notice of proposed disposition. The Court found the district court's memorandum opinion to be thorough and well-reasoned, addressing all of the Defendant's arguments (paras 2-3).