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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted for DWI following an incident where he admitted to consuming alcohol and OxyContin before driving, caused a traffic accident, and displayed numerous indicia of intoxication according to officers' testimony.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Santa Fe County, Mary Marlowe Sommer, District Judge.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (Defendant): Argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his DWI conviction, focusing on countervailing inferences that could be drawn from the evidence presented at trial.
• Appellee (State): Contended that the Defendant's admission to consuming alcohol and OxyContin, the resulting traffic accident, and the officers' observations provided ample evidence to support the conviction.

Legal Issues

• Whether the evidence presented was sufficient to support the Defendant's conviction for DWI.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction for DWI.

Reasons

• Per J. MILES HANISEE, with MICHAEL E. VIGIL and STEPHEN G. FRENCH, Judges concurring: The Court remained unpersuaded by the Defendant's memorandum in opposition, which challenged the sufficiency of the evidence for his DWI conviction. The Court referenced prior case law indicating that similar evidence had been deemed sufficient for upholding DWI convictions. It emphasized that as a reviewing court, it does not reweigh evidence or draw alternative inferences from the evidence presented at trial. The decision to affirm was based on the Defendant's admission of consuming alcohol and OxyContin, the accident caused, and the officers' testimony regarding signs of intoxication, aligning with established legal precedents on evidence sufficiency in DWI cases (paras 1-5).