A new website is shedding light on how much public money the state spends to stay out of the courtroom. Click here for full story.
(From Thursday, August 29, 2019)
Category: Courts
August 26, 2019
The New Mexico Supreme Court has deemed certain parts of a law updating the state’s election code as unconstitutional. Click here for full story.
(From Monday, August 26, 2019)
August 20, 2019
An Albuquerque woman is using constitutional grounds to challenge a state law requiring a 180-day confidentiality period required after settling a lawsuit with the state. Click here for full story.
(From Tuesday, August 20, 2019)
August 6, 2019
After months of secrecy, the state has released new details on a series of confidential, high-profile lawsuit settlements reached at the end of Governor Susana Martinez’s administration. Click here for full story.
(From Tuesday, August 6, 2019)
July 16, 2019
Months after a prominent New Mexico businessman was sentenced to federal prison for stealing millions of dollars from dozens of special needs New Mexicans, the state and feds are still trying to recover funds for the vulnerable victims. Click here for full story.
(From Tuesday, July 16, 2019)
July 15, 2019
Weeks away from trial, a former New Mexico State Police officer accused in a high-profile DWI investigation is now asking for a judge to dismiss the case. Click here for full story.
(From Monday, July 15, 2019)
July 11, 2019
The New Mexico Supreme Court is being asked to look at the constitutionality of a powerful anti-corruption law New Mexico’s Attorney General has been using to attempt to prosecute several high-profile public officials. Click here for full story.
(From Thursday, July 11, 2019)
July 3, 2019
State records show Grant County District Attorney Francesca Estevez makes a lot of money, but that didn’t stop a New Mexico judge from recently appointing Estevez a public defender in her ongoing criminal case. Click here for full story.
(From Wednesday, July 3, 2019)
July 1, 2019
There are questions over an Albuquerque man accused of murdering his girlfriend and her mom, and his stay inside the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center where his father is a supervisor. Click here for full story.
(From Monday, July 1, 2019)
June 28, 2019
Two of New Mexico’s most infamous convicted murderers won’t face a death sentence anymore and the decision has some questioning the constitutionality of the ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court. Click here for full story.
(From Friday, June 28, 2019)
Chris McKee 