Opinion
Docket No. A-1-CA-37824
05-21-2019
LAWRENCE ROMERO and GLORIA ROMERO, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CAMILLA BRISCOE, Defendant-Appellant.
COUNSEL Lawrence Romero, Gloria Romero, Espanola, NM Pro Se Appellees Camilla Briscoe, Hernandez, NM Pro Se Appellant.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, Jason Lidyard, District Judge
COUNSEL
Lawrence Romero, Gloria Romero, Espanola, NM Pro Se Appellees
Camilla Briscoe, Hernandez, NM Pro Se Appellant.
JUDGES
M. MONICA ZAMORA, Chief Judge. WE CONCUR: J. MILES HANISEE, Judge, MEGAN P. DUFFY, Judge
AUTHOR: M. MONICA ZAMORA
MEMORANDUM OPINION
M. ZAMORA, Chief Judge.
{1} Defendant appeals from the district court's order requiring that she pay restitution. This Court issued a calendar notice proposing to affirm. Defendant has filed a memorandum in opposition, which we have duly considered. Remaining unpersuaded, we affirm.
{2} "Our courts have repeatedly held that, in summary calendar cases, the burden is on the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or law."
Hennessy v. Duryea, 1998-NMCA-036, ¶ 24, 124 N.M. 754, 955 P.2d 683. In her memorandum in opposition, Defendant continues to ask this Court to reweigh the evidence presented to the district court. As we noted in our calendar notice, this Court does not reweigh the evidence or reassess credibility on appeal. See Las Cruces Prof'l Fire Fighters v. City of Las Cruces, 1997-NMCA-044, ¶ 12, 123 N.M. 329, 940 P.2d 177 (stating that "we will not reweigh the evidence nor substitute our judgment for that of the fact[-]finder"); see also Skeen v. Boyles, 2009-NMCA-080, ¶ 37, 146 N.M. 627, 213 P.3d 531 (stating that, when the district court hears conflicting evidence, "we defer to its determinations of ultimate fact, given that we lack opportunity to observe demeanor, and we cannot weigh the credibility of live witnesses"); State v. Salas, 1999-NMCA-099, ¶ 13, 127 N.M. 686, 986 P.2d 482 (recognizing that it is for the fact-finder to resolve any conflict in the testimony of the witnesses and to determine where the weight and credibility lie).
{3} Accordingly, for the reasons stated above and in our notice of proposed disposition, we affirm the district court's order.
{4} IT IS SO ORDERED.
M. MONICA ZAMORA, Chief Judge
WE CONCUR:
J. MILES HANISEE, Judge
MEGAN P. DUFFY, Judge