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Facts

• The Defendant was arrested and convicted for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after an officer received a dispatch about an extremely intoxicated individual attempting to leave a scene in his vehicle. The officer was handed the keys by a restaurant manager who stated the Defendant was trying to leave. The Defendant admitted to drinking and attempting to leave. Evidence presented included the Defendant's poor performance on field sobriety tests, his admission of drinking, and a restaurant manager's testimony that the Defendant drove his vehicle backward out of the parking lot, nearly hitting another manager (paras 5-6).

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Jacqueline Flores, District Judge: Affirmed the metropolitan court conviction for DWI (first offense) against the Defendant.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that his arrest was not supported by probable cause, challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his DWI conviction, and argued that the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial (paras 3, 4, 7-8).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant's arrest was supported by probable cause.
• Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the Defendant's conviction for Driving While Intoxicated.
• Whether the district court erred in denying the Defendant's motion for a new trial (paras 3, 4, 8).

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court judgment affirming the Defendant's metropolitan court conviction for DWI (first offense) (para 9).

Reasons

• Per M. Monica Zamora, with Roderick T. Kennedy, Chief Judge, and Jonathan B. Sutin, Judge concurring:
  The Defendant's argument regarding the lack of probable cause for his arrest was deemed abandoned due to no new argument being presented in opposition to the court's proposed disposition of the issue (para 3).
  The court found sufficient evidence to support the Defendant's DWI conviction, noting that the evidence must show the Defendant was under the influence to at least the slightest degree while operating a motor vehicle. The court highlighted the officer's observations, the Defendant's admission of drinking, and the restaurant manager's testimony as part of the evidence supporting the conviction (paras 4-6).
  Regarding the Defendant's motion for a new trial based on potential testimony from a second manager, the court agreed with the district court's reasoning that the testimony would have been inconclusive and contradictory at best, and that the Defendant failed to show this testimony could not have been discovered before the trial (para 8).