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United States of America v. Amber Yazzie; Gregory Yazzie
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and federal firearms charges U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Plea and 15-Year Sentence for Gallup Duo in 2021 Armed Robbery Case A...
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( 12-12-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Aris Francis Rios-Flores
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien in in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b). Defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in prison, which was above the sentencing guidelines. The parties are familiar with the facts, and we need not restate all of them here. Briefly, Mr. Rio...
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( 12-12-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Aris Fransis Rios-Flores
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. Aris Fransis Rios-Flores, was convicted of reentry of a removed alien, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b), upon a guilty plea and was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Mr. Rios-Flores argues that the district court (1) procedural...
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( 12-10-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Jordian Pacheco
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a minor U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing of Online Predator for Sexual Assault A Santo Domingo man has been sentence...
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( 12-09-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Kirtie Cohoe
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Homicide ...
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( 12-06-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Jeannine June Jaramillo
Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Jeannie Jaramillo, age 49, was charged with twoc ounty of steling car, faking kidnapping and eluding police officers in a high speed chase that reduced in the death of a police officer and fireman in March of 2022. f Officer Robert Duran, 43, and retired f...
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( 12-03-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. James Aubuchont
Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition ...
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( 11-26-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. David Duren, a/k/a Dawud Hakiem Duren
Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to steal from a nonprofit health care provider ...
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( 11-22-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Marco Melo-Fernandez
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-...
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( 11-21-2024 - NM)

Dario Hernan Menanteau v. Maria Vanessa Menanteau
Las Cruces, New Mexico family law lawyers represented husband and wife in divorce action seeking dissolution of their marriage. Husband and Wife were married in 1998, separated in 2019, and Husband petitioned for divorce in January 2020. The parties have three children, and as of March 2020 only one remained a minor. In April 2020, Husband filed a motion for an allocation of interim...
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( 11-21-2024 - NM)

Adrian Nigales v. Albuqueque Public Schools
Albquerque, New Mexico workers' compensation lawyer reprsented the Plaintiff. Worker initially asserts in his memorandum in opposition that the Legislature' did not intend workers to bear the financial costs of obtaining expert medical * testimony to prove their entitlement to Worker's compensation benefits. [MIO 2] I- However, the issue before this Court is whether the district court abu...
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( 11-20-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Dawn Cadman a/k/a Dwan K. Cadman
Gallup, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DWI. The District Court dismissed the charge against Dawn Cadman a/k/a Dwan K. Cadman based on the violation of Defendants right's right to a speedy trial on a first offense aggravated driving while under the influence. Here, the only factor in contention is the extent of prejudice to Defendant res...
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( 11-20-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Maury Montel Elliot a/k/a Maury Montel Elliott
Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wwith contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Defendant Maury Montel Elliott appeals his convictions for contributing to the delinquency of a minor (CDM), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-3 (1990); and criminal sexual penetration in the commission of a felony (CSP II-felony), contrary to NMSA 1978, Secti...
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( 11-19-2024 - NM)

D. Maria Schmidt v. WW Healthcare, LLC d/b/a Princtown Place Nursing & Rehabilitation, et al.
Santa Fe, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death theory. D. Maria Schmidt, as personal representative of the wrongful death estate of Francisco Padilla, and Connie Padilla (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a complaint against WW Healthcare, LLC d/b/a Princeton Place Nursing & Rehabilitation; Two P Management, LLC; OnPointe Business Services, LLC; WS...
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( 11-19-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Santiago Martinez
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 ...
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( 11-19-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Jessica Vasquez
Taos, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the rights on a civil rights theory. A district court judge in rural New Mexico noticed a pattern of warrantless searches and seizures throughout her docket, where the resulting evidence formed the basis for the State's prosecution. In New Mexico, a warrantless search is presumptively unconstitutional and subject to rebuttal by the...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Donovan Houidobre
Carlsbad, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant writ of habeas corpus case. Does the Earned Meritorious Deductions Act (EMDA) create a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. NMSA 1978, § 33-2-34 (2015); see Miller v. Tafoya, 2003-NMSC-025, ¶¶ 12, 23, 134 N.M. 335, 76 P.3d 1092. In this case, we discuss the differenc...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Matthew Rogers
Farming, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary. Defendant was charged with aggravated burglary (armed after entering), see NMSA 1978, § 30-16-4(B) (1963), and criminal damage to property, see NMSA 1978, § 30-15-1 (1963). Under the Mental Illness and Competency Code (the Code), NMSA 1978, §§ 31-9-1 to -2 (1967, as amended through 2023),...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

Leticia Lopez v. Joshua Conze
Santa Fe, New Mexico family law lawyers represented parties in a divorce action. This was a fifteen-year-old divorce and child custody proceeding. In April 2020, the district court entered an order pursuant to Rule 1-127 NMRA partially granting Petitioner's motion for attorney fees incurred from 2009 through 2017 (First Order) in the amount of $125,000 for attorney fees and $30,000 i...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

Darren Griego and Marina Lopez v. Board of Education of the Penasco Independent School District
Taos, New Mexico employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sue on civil rights violation theories. A jury held Defendant liable for its actions against two former employees after they voiced concerns with the conduct of a newly-hired superintendent. In Wills, the New Mexico Supreme Court distinguished "whistleblowing that benefits the public by exposing...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Tommie Joe Valverde
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes. Defendant Tommie Joe Valverde was convicted by a jury of committing the following sex crimes against his now ex-wife's granddaughter, I.A. (Victim): one count of criminal sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-11(D)(1) (2009); and four counts of crimina...
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( 11-18-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Bret Anthony Vallo
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Domestic Violence ...
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( 11-14-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Michael Andrew Martinez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of the rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigation in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1519. ...
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( 11-14-2024 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Fabian Gonzalez a/k/a Favian Elias Gonzalez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse. Defendant Fabian Gonzales was convicted for reckless child abuse resulting in death of a child under age twelve, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-1(F) (2009); as well his multiple counts of tampering with evidence (Counts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-22-5 (...
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( 11-13-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Stephanie Pratt
Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Almost $500,000 from her Employer ...
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( 11-13-2024 - NM)

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