Opinion
No. A-1-CA-37008
03-20-2019
STATE OF NEW MEXICO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLIFTON WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.
Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General Santa Fe, NM for Appellee Bennett J. Baur, Chief Public Defender Kathleen T. Baldridge, Assistant Appellate Defender Santa Fe, NM for Appellant
This decision was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Appellate Reports. Please see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of non-precedential dispositions. Please also note that this electronic decision may contain computer-generated errors or other deviations from the official paper version filed by the Supreme Court. APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY
Angela J. Jewell, District Judge Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General
Santa Fe, NM for Appellee Bennett J. Baur, Chief Public Defender
Kathleen T. Baldridge, Assistant Appellate Defender
Santa Fe, NM for Appellant
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HANISEE, Judge. {1} Defendant Clifton White appeals from the district court's revocation of his probation. On appeal, Defendant contends that there was insufficient evidence presented to establish that his violation was willful. This Court issued a calendar notice proposing to affirm the revocation of Defendant's probation. Defendant has filed a memorandum in opposition to our notice of proposed disposition, which we have duly considered. Unpersuaded, we affirm. {2} In his memorandum in opposition, Defendant asserts that the district court erred in concluding that his probation violation was willful where he came forward with evidence that he had taken other drug tests during that same time period that were negative and that he had made arrangements with his probation officer to reschedule his drug test. [MIO 4-5] However, the only testimony that Defendant asserts established these facts is his own. To the extent that Defendant's probation officer testified that he had missed a required drug test and did not also testify to agreeing to reschedule the drug test with Defendant, this presents an issue of credibility for the district court to decide. {3} As this Court noted in our notice of proposed disposition, we must "view[] the evidence in a light most favorable to the State and indulg[e] all reasonable inferences in favor of the [district] court's judgment." State v. Erickson K., 2002-NMCA-058, ¶ 21, 132 N.M. 258, 46 P.3d 1258. We further noted that contrary evidence does not support a basis for reversal. State v. Rojo, 1999-NMSC-001, ¶ 19, 126 N.M. 438, 971 P.2d 829. As the arguments that Defendant continues to assert on appeal ask this Court to reweigh evidence, we must decline to do so and affirm. See 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). {4} Accordingly, for the reasons stated above and in this Court's notice of proposed disposition, we affirm the district court's revocation of Defendant's probation.
{5} IT IS SO ORDERED.
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J. MILES HANISEE, Judge
WE CONCUR:
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M. MONICA ZAMORA, Chief Judge /s/ _________
JULIE J. VARGAS, Judge