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Facts

• The Defendant was on probation when the district court decided to revoke it. The revocation of probation led to the Defendant appealing the decision, arguing insufficient evidence for the revocation and challenging the decision to sentence him to imprisonment rather than rehabilitation, given his medical conditions.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that there was insufficient evidence to support the revocation of his probation and contended that his medical conditions warranted rehabilitation instead of imprisonment. The Defendant also attempted to raise issues regarding ineffective assistance of counsel and argued that the petition to revoke his probation was untimely under Rule 5-805 NMRA.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the district court's revocation of the Defendant's probation.
• Whether the district court abused its discretion by sentencing the Defendant to imprisonment rather than rehabilitation, considering his medical conditions.
• Whether the Defendant's sentence was in accordance with his plea agreement or the law, specifically regarding the jurisdiction of the district court and the authority to sentence him to another term of probation.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision to revoke the Defendant's probation and the subsequent sentence.

Reasons

• Per Cynthia A. Fry, J. (James J. Wechsler, J., and M. Monica Zamora, J., concurring):
  The Court initially proposed to dismiss the Defendant's appeal due to an untimely notice of appeal but decided to proceed to the merits following the precedent set in State v. Leon, which extended the presumption of ineffective assistance of counsel to appeals from probation revocation proceedings. The Defendant did not oppose the application of Leon to his case. The Court found no error in its proposed disposition regarding the sufficiency of evidence for probation revocation and affirmed this issue due to the Defendant's failure to specifically point out errors in fact or law. Regarding the Defendant's medical conditions and the argument for rehabilitation over imprisonment, the Court noted that this information was never presented to the district court, thus it could not conclude that the district court abused its discretion. The Court also addressed and denied the Defendant's motion to amend the docketing statement to include claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and arguments about the timeliness of the petition to revoke probation, as well as a new issue regarding the accordance of his sentence with his plea agreement and the law. The Court concluded that the issues raised were not viable and affirmed the district court's decisions for the reasons stated in its second notice of proposed disposition.