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NM: Disciplinary Committee Recommends Charges Against Toas Prosecutors be Dismissed

NM: Disciplinary Committee Recommends Charges Against Toas Prosecutors be Dismissed

by Alec | Apr 22, 2015 | New Mexico, The Open File Blog

A hearing committee of the Disciplinary Board of the New Mexico Supreme Court has recommended that the Board dismiss charges of misconduct against the Taos District Attorney and one of his assistants, according to the Albuquerque Journal. In a case that we have been...
NM: Court Fines Prosecutor for “Abuse of Power” in Improper Subpoena Case

NM: Court Fines Prosecutor for “Abuse of Power” in Improper Subpoena Case

by Alec | Dec 29, 2014 | New Mexico, The Open File Blog

In an unusual development in a case we’ve been following in Taos County, the Albuquerque Journal reported Friday that a judge has fined an assistant district attorney for “abuse of power” following his extensive use of subpoenas that were never...
NM: Disciplinary Board Charges Taos DA with Issuing Illegal Subpoenas

NM: Disciplinary Board Charges Taos DA with Issuing Illegal Subpoenas

by Alec | Oct 14, 2014 | New Mexico, The Open File Blog

Following the quashing of a robbery indictment earlier this year by a district court in Taos, the Disciplinary Board of the New Mexico Supreme Court has filed formal charges of professional misconduct against the prosecutor in the case, Assistant DA Emilio Chavez, as...

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