Senate passes expungement bill
CREA Exoungement Statue passes first Senate Committee
Ideas for criminal justice reform in New Mexico are stewing this summer ahead of next year’s legislative session
Taos NM – Deputy Eighth Judicial District Attorney announced that all charges against Frankie Giron are being dismissed. A three-day jury trial had been scheduled later this month on criminal sexual penetration charges. Santa Fe defense attorney Steve Aarons explained that his client had told police when he was arrested that the woman had consented…
After a four day trial in Taos before Judge Emilio J. Chavez, David Lewis was convicted of all four counts of criminal sexual penetration (CSP) of a minor. He was remanded into custody for a 60-day evaluation before his sentence in January 2018. He will receive a minimum of eighteen years in prison with the…
Defendant sent home after Jury returns verdict in Taos Murder Trial The prosecution did not object to Manual Leyba going home after the jury returned a verdict of involuntary manslaughter after the fatal stabbing in Penasco. A sentence hearing is scheduled for June 2016. Peñasco man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Laurie Celine Updated May…
Peñasco man will face trial for second-degree murder in cousin’s stabbing A Peñasco man accused of stabbing his 22-year-old cousin will stand trial for second-degree murder after a magistrate judge rejected arguments Monday (Aug. 10) the charge against him be reduced to voluntary manslaughter. Manuel Leyba, 30, is accused of knifing Alex Vigil during an…
210 P.3d 228 2009 NMSC 029 STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando TORREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 29,869. Supreme Court of New Mexico. Aarons Law Firm, P.C., Stephen D. Aarons, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant. Gary K. King, Attorney General, Max Shepherd, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee. OPINION CHÁVEZ, Chief Justice. {1} Defendant…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Trial of fourth defendant accused of killing Mexican national starts today in Taos. 3/3/08 UPDATE: We neglected to catch up with the outcome of the fourth straight murder trial to be held in Taos in the death of 22-year-old Juan Alcantar in September 2003. Here’s what the Albuquerque Journal reported last Friday:…
