In State v. Martinez, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that a district court has the power to vacate a conviction if it concludes that the evidence was insufficient to
Read FullIn State v. Zacharia G., a 12-year-old child was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a school employee, which requires that he “use” the deadly weapon. A
Read FullIn State v. Ortiz, Defendant was convicted of three counts of first degree felony murder after he killed a family of three with a pickaxe during a burglary. At the
Read FullIn State v. Smith, the New Mexico Supreme Court addressed a somewhat rare appeal of a metropolitan court case. This case is unusual in that it stems from a metro
Read FullIn State v. Lymon, a direct appeal of Lymon’s life sentence, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Davon Lymon for the 2015 murder of a police officer
Read FullIn 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 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 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 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,
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