New Mexico Supreme Court

State v. Vasquez

April 4, 20142014 NMSC 10

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court held that the statutory certification requirement for interlocutory appeals is neither a jurisdictional limitation nor a mandatory precondition, so an appeal filed without the certification may be cured and should not be dismissed; the Court reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further proceedings, noting that sanctions are permissible but were not imposed.