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Facts

• Geneva Garcia, the Defendant, was charged with commercial burglary. She entered a conditional plea, reserving the right to appeal the district court's denial of her motion to dismiss the charge (para 1).

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Judith Nakamura, District Judge, March 4, 2015: The district court denied the Defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of commercial burglary.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued for the dismissal of the commercial burglary charge, reserving issues raised in her motion to dismiss for appeal (para 1).
• Plaintiff-Appellee (State): Objected to the proposed reversal of the Defendant's conviction and requested to hold the appeal in abeyance or for an opportunity to seek guidance from the New Mexico Supreme Court on all pending appeals controlled by the Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Archuleta (para 1).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in denying the Defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of commercial burglary.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the Defendant’s conviction for commercial burglary (para 2).

Reasons

• Per Roderick T. Kennedy, J. (Michael D. Bustamante, J., and Linda M. Vanzi, J., concurring): The Court of Appeals decided to reverse the Defendant's conviction based on the precedent set in State v. Archuleta. The State's objection to the proposed disposition was noted but not elaborated upon, and the Supreme Court denied the State's request for a stay or other remedy that would suspend the precedential value of Archuleta. The Court of Appeals found no material factual distinctions between the current case and Archuleta, leading to the reversal of the Defendant's conviction for commercial burglary (paras 1-2).