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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
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Plaintiff-Appellee,
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v. No. 31,928 5 PATRICK RICHARDSON, 6
Defendant-Appellant.
7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF OTERO COUNTY
8 James Waylon Counts, District Judge
9 Gary K. King, Attorney General

10 Santa Fe, NM 11 for Appellee 12 Jacqueline Cooper, Chief Public Defender
13 Kathleen T. Baldridge, Assistant Appellate Defender 14 Santa Fe, NM 15 for Appellant 16


MEMORANDUM OPINION 17 VIGIL, Judge. 18
Defendant-Appellant Patrick Richardson (Defendant) appeals his convictions 19
for contributing to the delinquency of a minor (CDM) and fourth-degree criminal
sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM).  We issued a notice of proposed summary
disposition proposing to uphold the convictions.  Defendant has filed a memorandum in opposition. After due consideration, we remain unpersuaded.  We therefore affirm.
Defendant has raised a single issue, contending that the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial. [DS 3; MIO 1-10] The motion was premised on claims of prosecutorial misconduct and/or ineffective assistance of counsel, based on an improvident decision by the defense to present Defendant

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