State v. Romero
State v. Romero
Opinion
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1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 3 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NO. A-1-CA-35526 FELIX ROMERO, 6 Defendant-Appellant.
7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SANDOVAL COUNTY George P. Eichwald, District Judge Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General Santa Fe, NM Laurie Blevins, Assistant Attorney General Albuquerque, NM for Appellee Bennett J. Baur, Chief Public Defender William O’Connell, Assistant Appellate Defender Santa Fe, NM for Appellant 18 MEMORANDUM OPINION VANZI, Chief Judge.
1 {1} Defendant appeals the judgment and sentence convicting him of multiple counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-6A-3(A) (2007, amended 2016). Defendant contends that under the dictates of State v. Olsson, 2014-NMSC-012, 324 P.3d 1230, he should only have been convicted of one count.
5 The State agrees with Defendant’s argument. While we are not bound by the State’s concession, see State v. Guerra, 2012-NMSC-027, ¶ 9, 284 P.3d 1076, we have examined the facts and circumstances of this case and find that Defendant’s argument and the State’s concession are correct statements of the law as applied to this case.
9 We therefore hold that Defendant should have been convicted of only one count of possession of child pornography. We reverse and remand for vacation of all but one of Defendant’s convictions and for further proceedings as may be appropriate.
12 {2} IT IS SO ORDERED.
13 __________________________________ 14 LINDA M. VANZI, Chief Judge WE CONCUR:
16 _________________________________ MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Judge
18 _________________________________ JULIE J. VARGAS, Judge
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