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STATE V. STANFORD, 2004-NMCA-071, 136 N.M. 14, 94 P.3d 14
STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
MACK STANFORD,
Defendant-Appellant.

Docket No. 23,782
COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW MEXICO
2004-NMCA-071, 136 N.M. 14, 94 P.3d 14

April 21, 2004, Filed APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEA COUNTY, Don Maddox, District Judge.
COUNSEL
Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Arthur W. Pepin, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.
C. Barry Crutchfield, Templeman and Crutchfield, Lovington, NM, for Appellant.

JUDGES
JAMES J. WECHSLER, Chief Judge. WE CONCUR: A. JOSEPH ALARID, Judge, CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge. AUTHOR: JAMES J. WECHSLER.

OPINION
WECHSLER, Chief Judge.
{1} In this appeal, we hold that Article IV, Section 34 of the New Mexico Constitution, which prohibits a legislative act from affecting the right or remedy of a party in a pending case, precludes the effect of the 2002 amendment to the habitual offender statute, NMSA 1978,

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