Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with leaving the scene of an accident.


Defendant Marco Melo-Fernandez pleaded no contest to a charge of knowingly leaving the scene of an accident where the accident results in great bodily harm or death, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 66-7-201(C) (1989). The district court sentenced Defendant to a six-... More...    $0 (11-21-2024 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in Indian Country.

On November 12 and 13, 2021, Suazo and her boyfriend of 10 years,
Martinez, both of whom were 29 years old, were at their residence in Taos
Pueblo, New Mexico. After Suazo and Martinez went grocery shopping
together the evening of the 12th, Suazo prepared dinner at ... More...    $0 (11-19-2024 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercion and enticement in a minor.

A federal grand jury indicted Rico on May 12, 2021. According to court documents, beginning as early as January 2018, Rico used multiple profiles on the social media platform Snapchat to coerce female high school students, some of which he was familiar with from his job... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A federal grand jury indicted Pablo Vargas, age 52, and Ruben Martha, age 42, of Las Cruces, on April 20, 2022. According to court records, on April 17, 2021, Vargas was attending a party at his parent’s home on Nevada Street in Las Cruces, New Mex... More...    $0 (06-29-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity.

A federal grand jury indicted Clay on Nov. 9, 2022. At the time, Jeffrey Steven Clay, age 51, of Anthony, New Mexico, was employed as the Executive Director of Analytics, Strategy, and Assessment and Public Education Information Ma... More...    $0 (05-09-2023 - NM)

Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and subscribing to a false tax return.

From 2009 through April 2018, Debra Campbell, age 66, from Grand Junction, Colorado, owned and operated a company called A Better Alternative Management (ABAM), which was hired by homeowners’ associations (HOAs) to manage their finances. Campbell had access to, and s... More...    $0 (11-08-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.

A federal grand jury indicted Nick L. Medeiros, age 49, and Bobby D. Greaves, age 62, Greaves on June 13, 2018, charging the two men with conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, and two counts of false statements. The indictment also included forfe... More...    $0 (03-29-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Santos Duran, 23, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A federal grand jury indicted Duran on June 24, 2020. According to his plea agreement, on May 20, 2020, Duran fled from law enforcement afte... More...    $0 (07-10-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico manslaughter charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Lowell Begay, 38, of Fruitland, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country.

A grand jury indicted Begay and co-defendant Jerry Armenta on July 25, 2019. According to the plea agreement and other court records,... More...    $0 (04-20-2021 - NM)

Las Cruces, NM - The United States of America charged Dain Justin Adams with distribution, receipt and possession of child porn.

A federal jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico returned a verdict on January 28 convicting Dain Justin Adams, 38, of Roswell, New Mexico, of child pornography charges including distribution, receipt, and possession of sexually explicit material.

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Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Larry Mitchell Hopkins, a/k/a Johnny Horton, Jr. with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton Jr., 70, of Flora Vista, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A grand jury indicted... More...    $0 (01-10-2020 - NM)

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable seizures by law
enforcement. If an inquisitive agent approaches someone who does not want to
respond, all the person must do is say so. But if one voluntarily answers an agent’s
non-coercive questions, the conversation falls outside the scope of the Fourth
Amendment even if, as is the case here, it reveals a crime. Defendant ... More...    $0 (11-20-2019 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque man pleads guilty to brandishing a firearm during crime of violence

Donovan Young, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to a felony information charging him with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. In entering the guilty plea, Young admitted brandishing a firearm while committing a carjacking... More...    $0 (11-10-2019 - NM)

Defendant was convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance and 17

was subsequently committed to CCP. Two weeks after being committed to CCP 18

Defendant cut off his ankle monitor, failed to respond to messages from 19

monitoring officers, and was subsequently taken into custody. A grand jury 20


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indicted Defendant for esc... More...    $0 (10-08-2018 - NM)

Defendant was charged with residential burglary, unlawful taking of a motor 8 vehicle, stalking, larceny, and escape or attempt to escape from a peace officer on 9 June 21, 2012. Defendant’s charges stemmed from an event on May 22, 2012, 10 involving Defendant’s ex-girlfriend, E. Ramirez. Defendant and Ms. Ramirez had 11 been involved in a two-year relationship and had a child together in March 2... More...    $0 (08-09-2018 - NM)

Charges:

Party Count Seq # Statute Charge Class C... More...    $0 (08-03-2018 - NM)

The pertinent facts are undisputed. On June 9, 2013, the Alamogordo Police
14 Department obtained and served an arrest warrant and a search warrant on Defendant
15 at his home as part of an investigation into a shooting. Relevant here, the search
16 warrant—the validity of which is not disputed—authorized police to search
17 Defendant’s home for firearms, ammunition, weapons or to... More...    $0 (07-06-2018 - NM)

On November 2, 1988, A.W. (Victim 1), who was 13 years old, went to her
15 home after school where an unknown man wearing a ski mask was lying in wait,
16 armed with a knife. The man vaginally penetrated Victim 1, and then forced her into
17 the bathroom. After securing the bathroom door so Victim 1 could not escape, the
18 unknown man fled. Victim 1 was taken to the hospital, whe... More...    $0 (06-28-2018 - NM)

Santa Fe, NM - Jury Acquits Defendant On One Charge and Hangs On A Second

The State of New Mexico charged Aaron Archuleta with shooting at dwelling or occupied buildng and abuse of a child with great bodily harm as a result of a family dispute that ended with multiple shots and the wounding of an 8-year-old boy in 2016.

Docket entries:

03/29/2018 8:30 AM JURY TRIAL ... More...    $0 (03-30-2018 - NM)

In the early hours of September 15, 2005, nine shots were fired through a
3 bedroom window of an apartment in Clovis, killing ten-year-old Carlos Perez. Carlos
4 had been sleeping in the bedroom he shared with his older brother, the intended
5 victim, seventeen-year-old Ruben Perez.
6 {4} That night there were two distinct groups of actors involved in the shooting:
7 one group... More...    $0 (03-17-2018 - NM)

In December 2009, Valerie Barreras and her husband Anthony Barreras had
3 two daughters—A.B., then thirteen years old, and her younger sister S.B., then six
4 years old. Defendant was married to Valerie’s sister Darlene, making him A.B.’s
5 uncle. Defendant and Darlene had four young children of their own. Valerie and
6 Darlene were very close, and the two families often spent ... More...    $0 (03-17-2018 - NM)

Las Cruzes, NM - Felon from Carlsbad Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Firearms Laws

Ricardo Javier Garza, 41, of Carlsbad, N.M., pled guilty on January 8, 2017 in Las Cruces, N.M., federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Garza on May 4, 2017, on a c... More...    $0 (01-10-2018 - NM)

Following the altercation with Defendant, Barela received treatment for a
10 concussion at Presbyterian Medical Center and her doctor reported a domestic
11 incident to the police. While at the hospital, Deputy Metzgar of the Bernalillo County
12 Sheriff’s Department recorded his interview with Barela, who alleged that on
13 December 2, 2009, Defendant had physically abused her a... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

A New Mexico statute makes it illegal to “willfully interfere with the
educational process” at a public school. N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-20-13(D). In
2009, an Albuquerque Police Officer assigned to a middle school as a School
Resource Officer (“SRO”) relied on that statute to arrest a thirteen-year-old for
skipping class. The main question before us is whether qualified immunity
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3 Defendant Jesus Castro was charged with two counts of criminal sexual
4 penetration. Defendant had two trials; the first resulted in a mistrial, and thirty-two
5 months later, after the second trial, a jury convicted him of one count of forced penile
6 penetration. The delay was due to multiple continuances, attorney motions to
7 withdraw from the case, the mistrial, ... More...    $0 (08-24-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Another Albuquerque Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County

71 of 104 Federal Defendants Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative have Pleaded Guilty

In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency... More...    $0 (08-18-2017 - NM)

In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Matthew Yazzie contends
that his seventy-eight-month within-guideline sentence for assault resulting in serious
bodily injury is substantively unreasonable because the sentencing guideline used to
calculate his advisory sentencing range, U.S.S.G. § 2A2.2, produces disproportionate
sentences. Having jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3... More...    $0 (08-09-2017 - NM)