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2024 New Releases

Lawsuit filed over leave policy for judicial employees, Sept. 30, 2024

Statewide safe surrender event in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Sept. 16, 2024

Court initiative in Otero and Lincoln counties to help people struggling with mental illness, Sept.12, 2024

Supreme Court reinstates newspaper’s lawsuit against an electric utility, Aug. 29, 2024

Supreme Court overturns decision that allowed murder charge against Uber driver, Aug. 29, 2024

NM Supreme Court challenges Miranda warnings of defendants in two counties, Aug. 26, 2024

Supreme Court vacates convictions in Las Vegas murder case, Aug. 26, 2024

Supreme Court resolves dispute over Hobbs man charged in altercation with police, Aug. 26, 2024

Administrative Office of the Courts Director Artie Pepin retiring, Aug. 21, 2024

Supreme Court resolves dispute over “zombie debt” from defaulted car loans, Aug. 15, 2024

Court pilot project in San Miguel County to help people with mental illness

Scouts to gather at the Supreme Court Building to earn merit badges, Aug. 7, 2024

Supreme Court resolves dispute over good time credits for DWI homicide convictions, July 25, 2024

Supreme Court rules on legal duties of lawyers to non-clients without legal representation, July 25, 2024

Supreme Court issues a decision on parentage in a same-gender marriage, July 25, 2024

Public investiture planned for new district court judge in McKinley County, July 15, 2024

San Juan County Magistrate Courts extend regular business hours, June 27, 2024

Supreme Court rules state regulator can change rates proposed by rural electric cooperatives, June 10, 2024

NM Supreme Court affirms Alamogordo man’s murder conviction, June 10, 2024

Gallup judge becomes Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, June 5, 2024

Pilot Project in Doña Ana County to help arrested people obtain care for mental illness, June 4, 2024

May 24, 2024, Judicial Clerkship Program’s summer externships underway

Supreme Court rules NM energy efficiency law authorizes rate mechanism that fully separates utility revenue from energy sales, May 13, 2024

Supreme Court Justice Bacon urges law school graduates to help others in their legal careers, May 11, 2024

Supreme Court revises pretrial rules to promote public safety, May 8, 2024

Supreme Court issues order against disclosure of immigration-related information of noncitizen crime victims, May 7, 2024

Juror Appreciation Week Recognition MAY 1 – MAY 7, 2024

Supreme Court affirms conviction of Carlsbad man for daughter’s death, May 6, 2024

Supreme Court upholds convictions in triple homicide in northern New Mexico, May 6, 2024

May 1, 2024, Law Day 2024 – the vital role of the rule of law

Law Day Proclamation 2024

April 22, 2024, “Fresh Start in the First” Safe Surrender Event in Santa Fe, NM Friday and Saturday

Justice David K. Thomson becomes Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, April 17, 2024

New Website for New Mexico Courts, April 4, 2024

Supreme Court rules that workers compensation benefit cap for mental impairments violates NM Constitution, April 1, 2024

Eleventh Judicial District Judge Louis E. DePauli Jr. to retire, March 29, 2024

Eleventh Judicial District Judge Karen L. Townsend to retire, March 27, 2024

Supreme Court invalidates $10,000 regulatory fine levied during utility merger case, March 18, 2024

Supreme Court upholds a regulator’s denial of a renewable energy incentive for an electric utility, March 18, 2024

NM Supreme Court to hear case in Albuquerque for education program, March 18, 2024

Supreme Court orders new trial for Portales daycare operators convicted of child abuse, March 14, 2024

Supreme Court finds no double jeopardy violations in Albuquerque man’s convictions for manslaughter and other offenses, Mar. 4, 2024 (1).pdf

New Mexico Supreme Court reinstates child pornography convictions of Los Alamos man, Mar. 4, 2024.pdf

Supreme Court vacates convictions of man in Union County because of prosecutorial misconduct, Feb. 19, 2024

First Judicial District Judge Sylvia F. LaMar to retire, Jan. 31, 2024.pdf

Automated warrant process will improve criminal justice system in New Mexico, Jan. 29, 2024

State Supreme Court reinstates conviction of defendant for 2017 killing in southwestern New Mexico, Jan. 22, 2024

New Mexico Judiciary Rural Justice Initiative Clerkship Program launches today, Jan. 18, 2024

Supreme Court finds double jeopardy violation in convictions for diner robbery, Jan. 16, 2024

NM Supreme Court rules that a personal injury lawsuit against a tribal casino cannot be brought in state court, Jan. 16, 2024.pdf