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Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane
Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination. The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International (“Samaritan”) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry (“HCSM”) whose members are exempt from th...
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( 10-09-2025 - NM)

Craig Hanson v. American Economy Insurance Company
Albuquerque, New Mexico, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory....
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( 10-03-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms. Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee were accused of being heavily armed fugitives hiding inside a house in Albuquerque....
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( 10-03-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v.Efrain Thomas Aldana
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving while under the influence, first offense, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 668-102 (2016). ...
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( 10-02-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Nicholas Lucio and Matthew Mitchem
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Nicholas Lucio, age 43, and Matthew Mitchem, age 29, are accused for killing Ann Marie Chalires in July. ...
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( 09-19-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Jose Magana Garcia
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation ...
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( 09-11-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Ramon Segura
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first offense aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol (aggravated DWI), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 66-8-102(D)(3) (2016)....
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( 09-05-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Jessica Crespin
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse and neglect. 40-year-old Jessica Crespin was found at a bus stop on 12th St. and Candelaria Rd. with her two-year-old child. Crespin told police she did meth hours before saying she wanted to hurt her daughter....
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( 08-29-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Marc Candelaria
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and bank robbery. In searching the car, a law-enforcement officers found a handwritten note that resembled the content of a piece of paper used in a recent bank robbery. The government used the handwritten note to prosecute the defendant for bank robbery. The car search was based ...
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( 08-28-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Manuel Jonathan Ulibarri
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl L(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl]propanamide). Two Albuquerque police officers pulled over Manuel Ulibarri after hearing excessive noise coming from his car. When they ran Ulibarri’s information, they found two outstanding bench warrants and a...
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( 08-18-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Violent Retail Robbery Spree An Albuquerque man was sentenced to...
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( 08-15-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Solomon Peña
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with conspiracy, interference with federallly protect activities, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence....
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( 08-13-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Jerome Weaver
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violent assault that injured two people Shiprock Man Sentenced for Armed Assault A Shiprock man wa...
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( 08-11-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. John Lopez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $24 Million Ponzi Scheme Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years Imprisonment for $24 Million Ponzi Scheme An...
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( 08-11-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Rumaldo Peshlakai
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the federal felon-in-possession statute. On September 23, 2021, C.P. called dispatch for the Navajo Police Department (NPD). She reported Mr. Peshlakai assaulted her, took their four children, and fled in a truck with a firearm. The NPD contacted the FBI to assist with...
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( 08-08-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Raul Guzman
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. In September 2022, Albuquerque Police Officers Walker Marion and Alex Castellano accompanied Christopher Armenta, a city code enforcement supervisor, to inspect Mr. Cannon’s property for compliance with Albuquerque’s housing code. Upon entering the proper...
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( 08-08-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Nora Abeita
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter Thoreau Woman Sentenced to 24 Months for Fatal DUI A Thoreau woman has been s...
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( 08-04-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Antonio Quintana-Pena
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and distributing heroin and methamphetamine while illegally possessing firearms. Santa Fe Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses...
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( 08-04-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Kenneth Lucious
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distrivute 5 grams and more of meth. ...
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( 07-30-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Alex Vallejos
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of over 500 grams of cocaine withthe intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B V allejos entered his plea on the condition that he could appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence—in particular, a red box containing cocaine and ...
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( 07-19-2025 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Demesia Padilla
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree embezzlement. In June 2018, five and a half years into a six-year statute of limitations, the State filed two second-degree embezzlement-related charges in a criminal information against Demesia Padilla, former Secretary of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, in ...
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( 07-15-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Armondo Paul
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a Fatal Stabbing Shiprock Man Faces Federal Charges for Fatal Stabbing During Residential Break-In ...
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( 07-03-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Herman Smith
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Voluntary Manslaughter Gallup Man Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter for Fatal Shooting A Gal...
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( 07-03-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Jacquelyn Moore, a/k/a Jacquelyn Secatero
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant assault resultin gin serious bodily injury in Indian country in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 113(a)(6). On July 18, 2023, Jane Doe and others were standing outside the To’hajolliee Chapter House in Navajo Nation. Multiple individuals saw Ms. Moore driving a vehicle slowly toward the group. She revved her ...
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( 07-01-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Fermin Aguilera
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl (N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide). ...
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( 06-30-2025 - NM)

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