In State v. Vest, the New Mexico Supreme Court once again revisits the aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer statute. Not long ago, in State v. Montano, the Court
Read FullThe New Mexico Supreme Court published In re Ferguson today, an attorney discipline case. The facts are longer than the analysis, because the holding is simple: an attorney should not
Read FullIn State v. Benally, the New Mexico Supreme Court looked at whether a defendant’s two convictions for possession of a weapon by a prisoner violated his double jeopardy rights. While
Read FullOn May 6, 2021, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued another COVID-related decision. In State ex rel. Riddle v. Toulouse Oliver, the Court looked at whether the Secretary of State
Read FullIn State v. Taylor, the New Mexico Supreme Court looked at whether defendants were entitled to release pending their appeal. The defendants had been convicted of child abuse after leaving
Read FullIn State v. Cruz, the New Mexico Supreme Court corrected a number of frankly baffling errors made by a magistrate and district court. The opinion does not appear to create
Read FullWhen Angela Russ (Spouse) and Jeffery Russ (Veteran) divorced, they agreed to divide Veteran’s military retirement pay as part of the community property. However, about eight years after their divorce, Veteran
Read FullI’m still running a bit behind on the blogging, so today I’m doing State v. Quintana, a criminal appeal from late March. In a short opinion authored by Justice Bacon,
Read FullI have been putting off blogging about this case for a while now since it was so closely related to Grisham v. Reeb, the first case about the public health
Read FullToday the New Mexico Supreme Court decided in Siebert v. Okun that the cap on damages in the Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA”) was not unconstitutional. The court of appeals had
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