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Date: 11-29-2020
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Case Number: 1:19-cr-02180-WJ
Judge: William P. Johnson
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico second-degree murder charged criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with second-degree murder of a tribal member in Indian Country.
In the plea agreement, Tom admitted to committing this offense on July 1, 2019, in San Juan County on the Navajo Nation. Tom repeatedly stabbed the victim in her home. After the murder, Tom stole the victim’s car and fled the scene, eventually crashing into a fence on the side of a highway. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Tom faces up to life in federal prison.
The FBI investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Spindle is prosecuting the case.
18:1111(a): Murder; 18:1153: Offenses committed in Indian Country
Outcome: 11/24/2020 34 CONSENT TO PLEA BEFORE US MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Tavor Tom (meq) (Entered: 11/24/2020)
11/24/2020 35 WAIVER of Personal Presence at Hearing by Tavor Tom (meq) (Entered: 11/24/2020)
11/24/2020 36 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Tavor Tom (meq) (Entered: 11/24/2020)
11/24/2020 37 Clerk's Minutes for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa: Plea Hearing as to Tavor Tom held on 11/24/2020. (Recording Info: Liberty-ABQ Zoom) (eh) (Entered: 11/24/2020)
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