Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Boutte will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing.

Milton Boutte, age 77, of Mariarty, New Mexico, and three other men were charged by indictment with exploiting the now defunct Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland Air ... More...    $0 (06-29-2022 - 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)

The Appellants, the Navajo Nation and its wholly-owned government
enterprise the Northern Edge Navajo Casino (together, the “Tribe” or “Nation”),
entered into a state-tribal gaming compact with New Mexico under the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2721. The Tribe agreed
not only to waive its sovereign immunity for personal-injury lawsuits brought by
visi... More...    $0 (07-24-2018 - NM)

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)

Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States
citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(“ICE”) following ICE’s reinstatement of a prior order of removal on that basis.
Dismissing Gonzalez-Alarcon’s petition, the district court concl... More...    $0 (03-20-2018 - NM)

This is the second appeal in this litigation to come before this court. The first
appeal involved claims by the estate of Vera Cummings (the Estate) against Community
Health Systems, Inc. (CHSI) under state law, against the United States under the Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and against Mountain View Regional Medical Center
(Mountain View) under state law. We disposed of the ap... More...    $0 (01-30-2018 - NM)

Fossil fuels are the decomposed remains of pre-historic flora (coal) and fauna (oil
and gas). They have driven the world’s economy (particularly that of the United States)
for over a century. Discovering marketable deposits, extracting them from the ground,
refining them, and delivering them to consumers in useful form is big business, on one
hand fraught with risk and on the other... More...    $0 (01-10-2018 - NM)

Defendant’s convictions stem from events that occurred the afternoon of May
16 3, 2013, when Defendant was looking after J.C. (Child), a nine-year-old boy, and
17 Child’s twelve-year-old sister because Child’s mother was hospitalized. Defendant
18 lived with Child’s grandmother. According to Child, Defendant showed Child “ugly”
19 movies that showed photographs of women “showing th... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

William “Mack” Vaughan presented at the emergency department of Defendant
11 St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August 2002
12 with complaints of abdominal pain. He was seen in the emergency department by Dr.
13 Martin Wilt, who was a subcontractor/partner of Northern New Mexico Emergency
14 Medical Services, and who ordered a CT scan. The scan was... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

Bloomfield Police Sergeant George Rascon pulled over Defendant Jennifer
8 Martinez for failing to stop at a stop sign and, as a result, the police obtained evidence
9 that led to Defendant’s arrest and conviction for driving while intoxicated. In a
10 motion to suppress evidence, Defendant argued that the video from the officer’s on
11 board camera, or “dash-cam,” demonstrated tha... More...    $0 (01-07-2018 - NM)

Yasmin Montano brought this action against the Postmaster General under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e—2000e-17 (Title VII),
alleging that her supervisors at the United States Postal Service (USPS) had illegally
discriminated against her based on her gender and had retaliated against her for
complaining about the discrimination. The district court gra... More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - NM)

{1} This case concerns the inventory search exception to the warrant requirement.
4 The Court of Appeals concluded that the inventory search that occurred in this case
5 was invalid because Defendant Wesley Davis did not possess the backpack searched
6 at the time of arrest as the backpack was not “on his person or in his physical
7 possession . . . .” State v. Davis, 2016-NMCA-073... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - NM)

3 {1} The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United
4 States Constitution and Article II, Section 14 of the New Mexico Constitution.
5 Defendant was arrested on May 12, 2008, and charged with a number of offenses
6 relating to criminal sexual contact of a minor. Prior to a mistrial on March 8, 2010,
7 trial was delayed for a number of reasons includ... More...    $0 (11-03-2017 - NM)

On August 30, 2011, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Defendant’s father drove
10 his truck past Vangie Cordova’s house, where she lived with her grandsons, Matthew
11 Cordova and Daniel Cordova, with Defendant in the passenger seat. The truck passed
12 the house at least once, went around the block, and came back again, very slowly,
13 with the windows partially rolled down. Matthew Cor... More...    $0 (11-03-2017 - NM)

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)

We granted en banc review in this case because it involves a clear failure of
the trial court to ask the defendant if he had anything to say on his behalf before
imposing sentence—a failure to personally address the defendant and offer an
opportunity to allocute. Because our jurisprudence has been somewhat contradictory,
we also chose to grant en banc rehearing in order to refine t... More...    $0 (03-03-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque-Area Construction Contractor Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion and Fraud Charges

Joseph Dubois, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty to evading federal taxes evasion and fraudulently presenting a fictitious surety bond.

Dubois, the owner and operator of Regency Development Group (RDG), a construction contractor located in Albuquerque, was charg... More...    $410520 (02-14-2017 - 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)

On June 3, 2010, Guadalupe Ashford’s body was found partially hidden behind
16 a trash can at the edge of a small parking lot. Drag marks and blood spatter indicated
17 that Ashford had initially been assaulted in the lot and then dragged a short distance
18 to its edge where her body was found. The drag marks were contained within the span
19 of one parking space and extended less... More...    $0 (06-22-2016 - NM)