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…
The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that police in Albuquerque, N.M., committed civil rights violations by using excessive and deadly force in inappropriate situations.
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