In 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 Crutcher v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the New Mexico Supreme Court answered a pair of questions certified to it from the Tenth Circuit: is underinsured motorist coverage on a
Read FullIn an unusual three-Justice opinion, the New Mexico Supreme Court addressed a topic we all know and love: summary judgment. In Ridlington v. Contreras, the Court reiterated a long-standing but
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 FullPirtle v. Legislative Council is a fairly long opinion on an extremely narrow issue. This is yet another pandemic case, but not one involving a challenge to the public health
Read FullState v. Wilson is another in a series of COVID-19 related cases the New Mexico Supreme Court has decided this year. Businesses had filed numerous lawsuits seeking compensation for damages
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 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
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