New Mexico v. Vasquez
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The question before the Supreme Court in these appeals was: what happens when the prosecutor files an interlocutory appeal yet neglects to make a timely certification to the district court or fails to attach a copy of the certification to its notice of appeal? What should happen is the imposition of sanctions upon any attorney who fails to read the law and follow the rules of Court, something that did not occur in the two cases consolidated in this opinion. "What should not happen is outright dismissal of the interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction, something that did occur in these cases." Accordingly, the Supreme Court reversed those dismissals and remanded to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings.
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