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Facts

• The Defendant, Alta Johnson, entered a conditional guilty plea to Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), reserving the right to challenge the denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained during the incident leading to her arrest.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of San Juan County, Karen L. Townsend, District Judge.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant: Alta Johnson argued for the reversal of the judgment and sentence based on the contention that the motion to suppress evidence was wrongly denied.
• Appellee: The State, through the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General, initially opposed the appeal but later filed a response indicating that it does not oppose the Appellant's calendar notice proposing reversal.

Legal Issues

• Whether the denial of the motion to suppress evidence against the Defendant was erroneous and grounds for reversing the judgment and sentence.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals of New Mexico reversed the judgment and sentence entered against Alta Johnson.

Reasons

• Per LINDA M. VANZI, Chief Judge, with J. MILES HANISEE, Judge, and JENNIFER L. ATTREP, Judge concurring: The decision to reverse the judgment and sentence was based on the Appellant's challenge to the denial of her motion to suppress. The State's lack of opposition to the Appellant's proposal for reversal was also a contributing factor to the Court's decision.