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Facts

• The State of New Mexico appealed the district court's decision to dismiss charges against Defendant Desiree Torres without prejudice. The appeal followed a procedural journey, including the court's initial proposal to dismiss the appeal for lack of a final, appealable order and subsequent consideration of the State's opposition memoranda.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Brett R. Loveless, District Judge, April 7, 2016: Charges against Desiree Torres dismissed without prejudice.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State of New Mexico): Argued that the second CADS log was not required to be disclosed due to lack of materiality to the defense and contended that the State should have been given a reasonable opportunity to disclose the CADS evidence after the court determined it was subject to disclosure.
• Defendant-Appellee (Desiree Torres): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the State was required to disclose the second CADS log despite no showing of materiality to the defense.
• Whether the State should have been given a reasonable opportunity to disclose the CADS evidence after the district court determined that the evidence was subject to disclosure.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order dismissing the charges against Defendant Desiree Torres without prejudice.

Reasons

• Per J. MILES HANISEE, with concurrence from MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE and JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judges:
  The court declined the State's proposed construction of Local Rule 2-400 to limit the State’s duty to provide copies of documentary evidence based on a lack of materiality to the defense, affirming the requirement for the State to provide copies of documentary evidence irrespective of materiality (paras 2-3).
  The court found the State's argument for a reasonable opportunity to disclose the CADS evidence after its determination as subject to disclosure to be unsupported by the cited case of State v. Harper, concluding that Harper was not analogous to the present situation. The court emphasized that a dismissal without prejudice does not fall within the category of extreme sanctions contemplated by Harper, thus affirming the district court's decision without granting the State's request for reconsideration based on the opportunity for disclosure (paras 4-5).