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NMSC Addresses Double Jeopardy Concerns in Shooting from a Vehicle Law

August 17, 2020 dave 0 Comments

I am a little behind on blogging so I’m only now getting around to the two cases the Court published on August 3. In State v. Porter, the New Mexico

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NMSC: PRC May Not Compel Public Utility to File an Abandonment Proceeding

August 13, 2020 dave 0 Comments

Last week the New Mexico Supreme Court issued an opinion in State ex rel. Egolf v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. Although this is a case about the PRC, it

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NMSC: Warrant to Search Cell Phone Is Executed When Phone Is Seized

July 28, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The New Mexico Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier this week in State v. Sanchez, a direct appeal of two evidentiary issues in a first degree murder cases. The state

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NMSC Rejects Secretary of State’s Decision to Put Form over Substance

July 27, 2020 dave 0 Comments

I’m a little late in blogging about this New Mexico Supreme Court opinion in Morper v. Toulouse Oliver from a few weeks ago but to be honest was not sure

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NMSC: No Blanket Exception to IPRA for Ongoing Investigations

July 14, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The New Mexico Supreme Court published an interesting opinion today on the Inspection of Public Records Act (“IPRA”). In Jones v. City of Albuquerque Police Department, the Court explained that

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NMSC: No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Bank Records

June 22, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The New Mexico Supreme Court issued an opinion today on the interesting question of whether the New Mexico Constitution protects banking records from being subpoenaed by the state. In an

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NMSC: Unmarked Cars Are Not Marked and Plainclothes Officers are Not Uniformed

June 16, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The New Mexico Supreme Court just released a new opinion interpreting the aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer statute. Justice Michael Vigil wrote for the Court. In a fairly

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NMSC: To Claim Duress, Defendants Must Admit Committing the Crime

April 27, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The New Mexico Supreme Court issues its fifth published opinion of the year late last week, State v. Ortiz. In a short opinion, Justice Nakamura reiterates the established rule that

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NMSC Clarifies Framework for Substantive Unconscionability

April 10, 2020 dave 0 Comments

Earlier this week the New Mexico Supreme Court published its fourth precedential opinion this year, Peavy v. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Justice Bacon, writing for a unanimous Court, clarified the

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NMSC: No Workers Compensation for Workers Injured at Isleta Casino

January 22, 2020 dave 0 Comments

The Court holds that workers injured at Isleta Casino whose claims are denied have no venue in which to pursue a claim.

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