A New Mexico criminal defense attorney has himself been criminally charged in a felony case after allegedly shooting a man in the leg Tuesday morning at or near his Albuquerque…
A New Mexico man accused for the seventh time of driving while intoxicated is involved in “a real doozy” of a case this time around, notes the Jul 10, 2012 6:37 PM CDT
Lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will appeal a decision holding that a Christian photographer’s studio violated New Mexico anti-bias laws by refusing to photograph a lesbian commitment…
A confidential malpractice settlement with an unidentified law firm reportedly has helped a con man jailed for wooing women and investors reduce his sentence by 27 years.
A 10-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a juvenile detention center earlier this year simply for “audibly burping” in his physical education class, a lawsuit alleges.
A New Mexico judge who formerly chaired the state Probate Judge’s Commission has agreed to step down and retire rather than face disciplinary action for her alleged mishandling of cases.
A special prosecutor in a judicial bribery case is seeking to disqualify New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels from an appeal partly because of an overheard phone conversation at Starbucks.
A New Mexico lawyer has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon—his car—for an alleged narrow miss with a judge crossing the street in front of the courthouse.
A former judge who was savagely attacked and left for dead in his New Mexico law office 10 days ago is still hospitalized and unable to speak to investigators.
Corrected: A law firm that twice attempted to collect a debt from a New Mexico woman that she didn’t owe, in a case of mistaken identity, must pay her $1.26…
A criminal court chief judge in Albuquerque, N.M., who was accused of raping a prostitute by performing oral sex without her consent has agreed to retire Friday to resolve legal…
At a hearing yesterday a New Mexico judge accused of raping a prostitute was called a victim by his defense counsel and the judge hearing the case eliminated his $50,000…
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