New Mexico Supreme Court· 4/24/1986

State v. Ball

Citations

718 P.2d 686
104 N.M. 176

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holding that a defendant who enters into an informed guilty plea is not an aggrieved party and cannot appeal to the district court for a trial de novo
holding that defendants who pleaded guilty or nolo contendere were not aggrieved by the judgment and sentence and were not entitled to a de novo appeal
explaining that the historical foundation of Article VI, Section 27 of the New Mexico Constitution granting the right of appeal from inferior courts to district court was limited to aggrieved parties
distinguishing between a defendant who is aggrieved by not receiving a trial and a defendant who is aggrieved by receiving an illegal sentence
affirming a district court's dismissal of de novo appeals from the metropolitan court on the basis that no right to appeal exists under the New Mexico Constitution when a defendant enters a guilty plea
contemporary construction is that given by legislature in office at time amendment adopted

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Judges: Stowers, Bivins, Sosa, Walters, Riordan, Federici, Neal, Alarid

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