Judge Pat Casados swears in Los Alamos Police Department Public Safety Aide Theresa Phelan and Public Safety Aide Jacob Hill Thursday during a ceremony at the Magistrate Court in the Justice Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
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AG Balderas Announces Phase 1 Results Of Statewide Violent Fugitive Round Up ‘Operation Steel Net’
Mugshots of individuals arrested during phase 1 of phase I of Operation Steel Net. Courtesy/NMAG
From the Office of the Attorney General:
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Ongoing Operation Targets Dangerous Criminals Accused of Violent Crimes and Sex Offenses in Rural & Urban Communities
ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas, in coordination with Seventh Judicial District Attorney Clint Wellborn, Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb, New Mexico State Police, Curry County Sheriff’s Office, Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Socorro County Sheriff’s Office, Region V Drug Task Force, Region Read More
Rep. Antonio ‘Moe’ Maestas Speaks At National Conference On Importance Of Expungement Laws
Rep. Antonio ‘Moe’ Maestas
New Mexico House Democrats News:
SANTA FE – Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D-Albuquerque) presented at a policy roundtable on New Mexico’s passage of the Criminal Record Expungement Act at the Criminal Justice Legislative Convening Thursday Nashville, Tenn.
The convening was hosted by the Coalition for Public Safety, a bipartisan coalition of American advocacy groups that works to address some of the nation’s most pressing criminal justice reform issues. Rep. Maestas was invited to speak as a national stakeholder because of his ongoing commitment to criminal Read More
Supreme Court Abolishes Prohibition Against Court Testimony About Private Conversations Between A Husband And Wife
SUPREME COURT News:
SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court has abolished a prohibition against spouses testifying in court cases about what their husband or wife told them in private conversations during their marriage.
The Court issued the ruling Friday in upholding the first-degree murder conviction of a Clovis man, David Gutierrez II, for a 2002 killing. During his trial, Gutierrez unsuccessfully tried to block the testimony of his ex-wife, with whom he was married at the time of the murder, and a second wife.
A divided Court abolished the spousal communication privilege in future criminal Read More
Governor Issues Statement On Passing Of former New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement Sunday on the death of former New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels:
“I am truly saddened by the loss of an undisputed leader in the New Mexico legal community. Justice Daniels was an honest and committed jurist, a man of stellar wit and devotion to fairness and equity.
“As chief justice, he led New Mexico’s highest court with clarity and conviction, leaving a legacy rivaled by few. Not only was he professionally talented, he was incredibly kind, with a warm personality that drew so many people Read More
New Mexico Chief Justice Judith Nakamura On Passing Of Retired Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Daniels
Justice Charles W. Daniels
Supreme Court of New Mexico News:
Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura issued the following statement today on behalf of the New Mexico Supreme Court:
Members of the New Mexico Supreme Court and the entire Judiciary are saddened to learn of the passing of our colleague, Justice Charles W. Daniels. Our state has lost a titan of the law. From humble roots as the son of sharecroppers, Justice Daniels grew into a towering figure as an attorney and jurist who for a half century tenaciously defended our constitutional rights and advanced equal justice under the law. His brilliant Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 21 To Aug. 27, 2019
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
RICHARD I. PENA
Aug. 21 at 9:50 p.m. / Police arrested Richard I. Pena, 39, of Dixon on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant at 2500 Trinity Dr.
DANIEL O. HOFFMAN
Aug. 22 at 5:39 a.m. / Police arrested Daniel O. Hoffman. 59, of Rio Rancho in Sandoval County on an arrest order.
TRENTON PAUL ENGELKING
Aug. 27 at 2:21 a.m. / Police arrested Trenton Paul Engelking, 22, Read More
New Mexico Courts Online System Expands Statewide To Resolve Debt, Money Due Lawsuits Without Hearing
NMSC News:SANTA FE ― An easy-to-use online service for resolving debt and money due lawsuits will be implemented statewide by New Mexico Courts starting next week.
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is a free service that allows both sides in a lawsuit to negotiate an agreement at their convenience through private online messages from a home, business or any location with internet access. The system works on computers, smartphones and other mobile devices, and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“Online Dispute Resolution is convenient, cost effective and user
Read More Judge Rules Against Maki Yaki In Wage Case
State District Court Judge Raymond Z. OrtizSUPU News:
SANTA FE ― State District Court Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz ruled Tuesday afternoon against Santa Fe restaurant Maki Yaki and its owners for violating New Mexico’s Minimum Wage Act and Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance.
He ordered the restaurant to pay plaintiffs Verónica Velázquez, Juan Torres and Ivan Hernández nearly $400,000 in unpaid wages and damages. The plaintiffs were represented by Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán, staff attorney at Somos Un Pueblo Unido’s United Worker Center of New Mexico and Santa Fe attorney Carlos Quiñones.
“It Read More
Governor Announces Historic ‘Duran’ Settlement
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham STATE News:
SANTA FE – More than 40 years after the suit was first filed, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today a historic settlement intended to equitably resolve the long-running litigation that developed into the stipulated agreement commonly known as the Duran consent decree.
A preliminary agreement between the state and plaintiffs – approved Wednesday by the Hon. Kirtan Khalsa, a federal magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico – would ensure inmates are afforded constitutional protections
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