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78 N.M. 405

State v. Phillips

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 1967

New Mexico Court of Appeals · decided 1967-09-15

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently October 1985

6 state decisions

Relies on Bouldin v. Bruce M. Bernard, Inc.

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Decided 1967-09-15

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¶1OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

¶2The trial court quashed the criminal information. The State appeals under §21-2-1(5) (4), N.M.S.A.1953. Since the appeal must be dismissed, we do not reach the merits.

¶3On August 5th, after hearing argument, the trial court announced that the information would be quashed.

¶4On August 18th the State filed a notice of appeal. The notice states that an appeal is taken “from the order quashing Information filed in this cause on August 18.”

¶5There is no order of August 18th which quashes the information. Such an order was filed on August 26th.

¶6Under § 21-2-1(5) (5), N.M.S.A.1953, the notice of appeal “shall designate the judgment, order or part thereof appealed from.” The State’s notice of appeal is from a non-existent order; the notice is a nullity. The notice of appeal cannot be taken as an appeal from the order of August 26th since this order was entered eight days after the notice of appeal was filed. Bouldin v. Bruce M. Bernard, Inc., 78 N.M. 188, 429 P.2d 647 (1967).

¶7Since no appeal has been taken from the order quashing the information, this appeal is dismissed.

¶8It is so ordered.

PIENSLEY, Jr., C. J., and SPIESS, J., concur.
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