Jeannie “Anna” Sandoval was raised by George Ortiz (Victim), her adoptive
14 mother’s boyfriend. In 2012, Sandoval and her boyfriend, Defendant, were living
15 with Victim. According to Sandoval’s testimony at trial, Victim was often angry and
16 would fight with her. The tension between Sandoval and Victim would escalate when
17 they were drinking alcohol, and although the anger w... More...    $0 (07-27-2018 - NM)

Santa Fe, NM - Jury Convicts Real Estate Developer of Fraud and Embezzlement

The State of New Mexico charged Santa Fe real estate developer with fraud and embezzlement including eight second-degree felonies and one misdemeanor relating to the operation of his luxury home development and construction business Barranca Building and other businesses and development, including Las Campanas.More...    $0 (12-02-2016 - NM)

Robert Glenn Earley, convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, tampering with3
evidence, and kidnapping, raises eight issues on direct appeal to this Court: (1) the4
trial court erred by denying Defendant’s motion to suppress three statements he made5
to law enforcement officers, (2) the trial court erred by denying Defendant’s motion6
for a continuance, (3) the trial court erred... More...    $0 (05-23-2016 - NM)

Plaintiffs are residents of the Westgate subdivision in Hobbs. Westgate was
3 built in the late 1970s on and near an unlined storage pit where, during its oil drilling
4 operations, Shell had placed toxic hydrocarbons in direct contact with the earth from
5 the 1940s until Shell covered the pit with “fill dirt”during the 1960s. Shell did not
6 conduct any environmental risk assess... More...    $0 (03-21-2016 - NM)

Plaintiffs are residents of the Westgate subdivision in Hobbs. Westgate was
3 built in the late 1970s on and near an unlined storage pit where, during its oil drilling
4 operations, Shell had placed toxic hydrocarbons in direct contact with the earth from
5 the 1940s until Shell covered the pit with “fill dirt”during the 1960s. Shell did not
6 conduct any environmental risk assessm... More...    $0 (03-07-2016 - NM)

Defendant was convicted of two counts of first degree murder for the February
28, 2011, killings of Joey Maestas (Maestas) and Sara Salazar (Salazar) in Rio Arriba
County. He was also convicted of tampering with evidence for the destruction by fire
3 of the vehicle in which the bodies were found. The jury convicted Defendant based
4 largely on circumstantial evidence showing that D... More...    $0 (01-05-2016 - NM)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs began investigating Daniel Tenorio based on
sexual abuse allegations by Tenorio’s sixteen-year-old niece. The niece claimed
that Tenorio touched her intimately, and frequently made unwanted sexual
comments to her. Special Agent Travis LeBeaux interviewed the niece, two of
her sisters, and her nephew. Agent LeBeaux later interviewed Tenorio, who denied... More...    $0 (12-29-2015 - NM)

After a sting operation involving two confidential informants and substantial audio and video surveillance, federal law enforcement officers caught Jesus Cabral-Ramirez (“Mr. Cabralâ€�) and Defendant-Appellant Maria Gutierrez de Lopez (“Ms. Gutierrezâ€�) attempting to transport an undocumented alien from El Paso, Texas to Denver, Colorado. A federal grand jury indicted Ms. Gutierrez on one cou... More...    $0 (08-01-2014 - NM)

These appeals, brought to us by Maria Vianey Medina-Copete (“Medinaâ€�) and Rafael Goxcon-Chagal (“Goxconâ€�) following their convictions on drug trafficking charges, requires us to consider an issue of first impression in our circuit. During the trial, the district court allowed a purported expert on certain religious iconography to testify that veneration of a figure known as “Santa Muerte... More...    $0 (07-02-2014 - NM)

Following a catastrophic rejection of her transplanted kidney in May of 2006, plaintiff-appellant Blanca Valdez-Huerta, by and through her mother, Hope Huerta, (collectively, “Huertaâ€�), brought this diversity jurisdiction action against BioScrip Pharmacy Services, Inc. (“BioScripâ€�) in the District of New Mexico. Huerta asserted claims under New Mexico law for strict products liability, neg... More...    $0 (07-12-2011 - NM)

Erika Garcia was convicted of knowingly making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer (“FLFDâ€�), that is, acting as a straw buyer. She appeals her conviction and sentence on two grounds, claiming the district court: (1) abused its discretion by admitting portions of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (“ATFâ€�) agent’s expert testimony; and (2) clearly erred by impo... More...    $0 (03-28-2011 - NM)

{1} In this opinion, we deal with a DUI prosecution in which Defendants ingested drugs rather than alcohol. We address the admissibility of the expert opinion testimony of a Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE) regarding a 12-Step Protocol (Protocol), which is a process designed to enable law enforcement to identify (1) whether a subject’s ability to operate a vehicle is impaired and (2) which ... More...    $0 (06-30-2008 - NM)

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Mr. Neval Ape Tuato, Mr. Tuiaana "Scott" Le'ele, and Mr. Kenrick Amituanai were killed in a traffic collision. Their representatives(1) brought a wrongful death suit against the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision and now appeal a variety of the district court's pretrial rulings against them. For the reasons articulated below, we reverse and remand for retrial. Decedents wer... More...    $0 (01-05-2004 - NM)

{1}IMC Kalium Carlsbad Potash Company and Crawford & Company ("Employer") appeal from an opinion of the Court of Appeals, see Banks v. IMC Kalium Carlsbad Potash Co., 2003-NMCA-016, 6, 133 N.M.199, 62 P.3d 290, in which that court reversed an order granting Employer summary judgment and dismissing the claim of Carolyn Banks ("Worker") under the Workers' Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 t... More...    $0 (09-09-2003 - NM)