Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Armed Assault

Two Zuni men were sentenced to 33 months in prison each for a violent armed assault involving four victims.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, on April 8, 2023, Kamron Kallestewa, 25, and Kaden Panteah, 20, both enrolled members of t... More...    $0 (09-24-2025 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violent assault that left a woman seriously injured.
A Sanostee man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for a violent assault that left a woman seriously injured.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, between December 2 and December 3, 2023, Nathan Mesca... More...    $0 (09-24-2025 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Assault
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A Mescalero man was sentenced to... More...    $0 (08-15-2025 - NM)

Aztec, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon.

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Legal issue Was there sufficient evidence to support the conviction for aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon?

CRIMINAL LAW. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PEACE OFFICER. The case addresses whether the evi... More...    $0 (07-18-2025 - NM)

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 ... More...    $0 (07-01-2025 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual-exploitation and child-pornography-production.

On January 9, 2022, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) received a report of a possible crime against a child involving Mr. Rivera and Jane Doe, a juvenile. The next day, GCSO Detective Jason Jordan interviewed Ms. Doe’s mother, Valeri Arzaga... More...    $0 (06-16-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Juan Francisco Carvajal-Andujar

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal.

In 2022, Mr. Carvajal-Andujar was removed from the United States after he was released from custody for a 2017 conviction for kidnapping and indecent assault of a minor. In 2024, he was caught attempting to reenter the country without authorization.

Mr. Carvajal-A... More...    $0 (06-09-2025 - NM)

Albquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery in Indiana country.

Christopher Kee was convicted and sentenced for assaulting and battering his girlfriend in April of 2020 in Shiprock New Mexico.

Kee claimed that his due process rights were violated under Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976), which provides:

Despit... More...    $0 (02-27-2025 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault in Indian Country resulting in great bodily injury.

Mr. Chee is a member of the Mescalero Apache tribe. In May 2022, he and a friend severely beat an adult male on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. The victim incurred orbital wall fractures in both eye sockets, sinus hemorrhaging, and other inj... More...    $0 (02-21-2025 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful re-entry.


In March 2024, U.S. Border Patrol agents found Mr. Salas-Saucedo hiding in
the desert near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. He admitted to being a Mexican citizen
and having no legal authorization to enter or remain in the United States. He had
been previously deported in 20... More...    $0 (01-16-2025 - NM)

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... More...    $0 (11-18-2024 - NM)

For the June 7 motor vehicle accident, Defendant was convicted of one count of homicide by vehicle, contrary to NMSA 1978, Sections 66-8-101(A), (D) (2016) and 66-8-113 (1987); one count of great bodily harm by vehicle, contrary to Sections 66-8-101(B), (E) and 66-8-113; tw... More...    $0 (09-10-2024 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the juvenile defendant charged with murder of a non-Indian and assault on an Indian.

On December 11, 1987, the government filed a motion to transfer proceedings from juvenile court to the federal district court. In January 1988 the district court held a telephonic hearing before a court reporter with counsel for the government a... More...    $0 (04-02-1990 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant, Charles McClaughterty, age 18, was charged with first degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing Ricky Solis, age 21, on June 19, 1999.


The indictment McClaugherty arose from a shooting in Albuquerque over an argument wherein Ricky Solisz argued with a girl on the phone. The conversation allegedly concluded with Solisz threatening to slap or k... More...    $0 (03-06-2001 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

Steven Williamsm age 29, of Dulce, and an enrolled member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, between February 11 and February 14, 2023, Williams repeatedly assaulted Jane Doe, an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, with a knife, injuring her hands, throat, ... More...    $0 (11-17-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder an officer or employee of the United States.

In December 2017, Siraj Wahhaj unlawfully abducted his three-year-old son from his wife in Alabama. Leveille, and the defendants had ... More...    $0 (10-20-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodilty injury in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1153 and 113(a)(6).

"Assault and battery are two separate, but related, legal terms.

Assault is the intentional threat or attempt to cause physical harm to another person. Battery is the actual physical contact or touching of... More...    $0 (10-03-2023 - NM)