A judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, declared a mistrial on Wednesday and appointed counsel for a lawyer defending himself in the shooting of a homeless man.
A defense lawyer has an ethical obligation to turn over to the prosecution a New Mexico state police dashcam video that the government lost track of, a judge has ruled.…
A former Texas judge accused of taking bribes from a San Antonio lawyer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to an honest services wire fraud charge.
A former client of a New Mexico personal injury law firm was convicted Thursday of aggravated battery with great bodily harm in a 2013 attack on an employee there.
Two police officers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have each been charged with a count of open murder in the March 2014 shooting death of a mentally ill homeless man recorded…
The Albuquerque Police Department, under a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, will undergo a broad overhaul of its use of force policies and other workings within the department in…
A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Albuquerque police failed to properly investigate the death of a civil rights lawyer who frequently sued the police…
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