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Facts

• The Defendant was charged with commercial burglary. The State appealed the district court's decision to dismiss the indictment against the Defendant for this charge.

Procedural History

• District Court of Bernalillo County, Ross Sanchez, District Judge: The indictment against the Defendant for the charge of commercial burglary was dismissed.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State): Objected to the district court's order dismissing the indictment against the Defendant and requested the appeal be held in abeyance or provided an opportunity to seek guidance from the New Mexico Supreme Court on all pending appeals controlled by the opinion in State v. Archuleta.
• Defendant-Appellee: Filed a memorandum in opposition to the notice of proposed summary disposition issued by the Court of Appeals, which initially proposed to reverse the district court's dismissal of the commercial burglary charge.

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court's order dismissing the indictment against the Defendant for the charge of commercial burglary should be affirmed based on the precedent set in State v. Archuleta.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s order granting the Defendant’s motion to dismiss the commercial burglary charge.

Reasons

• Per James J. Wechsler, with Timothy L. Garcia and J. Miles Hanisee, JJ., concurring:
  The Court of Appeals initially proposed to reverse the district court's dismissal but issued a stay pending the decision in State v. Archuleta. After the stay was lifted, the Court proposed to affirm the dismissal based on the precedent set in Archuleta (paras 1-2).
  The State's response to the Court's second notice did not provide material factual distinctions that would remove the case from the control of Archuleta. Thus, the Court of Appeals applied the precedent from Archuleta to affirm the district court's dismissal of the commercial burglary charge against the Defendant (paras 1-2).