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        "text": "OPINION\nHENDLEY, Judge.\nDefendant was convicted in Magistrate Court of the crime of injury to animals. Section 40A-18-2, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 1964). The conviction was appealed de novo to the District Court and affirmed. Defendant\u2019s appeal presents four points for reversal. The issue of jurisdiction is dis-positive of the appeal.\nWe reverse.\nMagistrate Court Jurisdiction.\nThe jurisdiction of magistrate courts in criminal matters is limited to \u201c * * * cases of misdemeanors where the punishment prescribed by law is a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) or less, or imprisonment for six [6] months or less, or where fine or imprisonment or both are prescribed but neither exceeds these m\u00e1ximums.\u201d Section 36-3-4, N.M.S.A. 1953, (Repl. Vol. 1964, Supp. 1969).\nThe penalty for the violation of the statute under which defendant was convicted is prescribed by \u00a7 40A-29-4, subd. A, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 1964), imprisonment \u201c * * * in the county j ail for a definite term less than one [1] year, or to the payment of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or to both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the judge.\u201d The Magistrate Court could proceed as provided in \u00a7 36-3-4(B), supra, but it was without jurisdiction to try defendant.\nSince the Magistrate Court was without subject-matter jurisdiction, there is no possibility of waiver or consent to jurisdiction. State ex rel. Overton v. New Mexico State Tax Commission, 81 N.M. 28, 462 P.2d 613 (1970). Thus, the magistrate proceedings were void and defendant\u2019s conviction therein a nullity.\nDistrict Court Jurisdiction.\nSection 36-15-3, subd. A, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 1964, Supp.1969) states:\n\u201cAppeals from the magistrate court shall be determined by trial de novo in the district court, and all laws, rules and regulations governing the magistrate court shall govern the trial in the district court.\u201d (Emphasis added).\nThus, on appeals from a magistrate court, the district court becomes a court of limited jurisdiction for the purpose of the appeal and the trial de novo. See Sanchez v. Reilly, 54 N.M. 264, 221 P.2d 560 (1950); Pointer v. Lewis, 25 N.M. 260, 181 P. 428 (1919); Barruel v. Irwin, 2 N.M. (Gild.) 223 (1882); City of Albuquerque v. Sanchez, 81 N.M. 272, 466 P.2d 118 (Ct.App.1970). If the magistrate court lacked jurisdiction the district court suffered the same lack of jurisdiction. Geren & Hammond v. Lawson, 25 N.M. 415, 184 P. 216 (1919); Pointer v. Lewis, supra; Chaves v. Perea, 3 N.M. (Gild.) 89, 2 P. 73 (1884).\nReversed and remanded with directions to set aside the conviction, judgment and sentence.\nIt is so ordered.\nSPIESS, C. J., and WOOD, J., concur.",
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      "Mary C. Walters, Toulouse, Moore & Walters, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.",
      "James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., John A. Darden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee."
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    "head_matter": "484 P.2d 374\nSTATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe LYNCH, Defendant-Appellant.\nNo. 573.\nCourt of Appeals of New Mexico.\nApril 9, 1971.\nMary C. Walters, Toulouse, Moore & Walters, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.\nJames A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., John A. Darden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee."
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