an express statute or rule to the contrary, a party may only appeal from a final judgment. State v. Durant, 2000-NMCA-066, ¶ 5, 129 N.M. 345, 7 P.3d 495. As a general rule, a judgment “is not considered final unless all issues of law and fact have been determined and the case disposed of by the trial court to the fullest extent possible.” Id. ¶ 7 (internal citation and quotation marks omitted). {37} In this case, DPS filed its notice of appeal from the district court’s dismissal of the forfeiture complaint prior to the entry of judgment and sentence on the criminal charges. Because the penalties were properly initiated as a single, bifurcated proceeding, it is possible that a final judgment had yet to be entered in the case and that DPS’s appeal was therefore premature. See id. ¶ 5 (<HOLDING>). {38} Nevertheless, regardless of whether
recognizing a criminal defendants right to present a complete defense recognizing that a criminal prosecution is not complete until a sentence has been imposed recognizing constitutional right to be present when sentence is imposed recognizing that  1983 action does not accrue until conviction or sentence has been invalidated holding that a sentence is not imposed until judgment enters for purposes of rule 35c