Ten Circuit Upheld Taos Pueblo Three Strikes Case
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld James Manuel Romero’s life sentence plus 25 years for the 1994 Michael’s Kitchen robbery in Taos. The court rejected claims of insufficient evidence for intent to kill and improper closing arguments, and ruled the robbery affected interstate commerce due to restaurant patrons from out of state.
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10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Taos Pueblo
Taos
James Manuel Romero
New Mexico
U.S
John Conway
Albuquerque
10Th Circuit
Romero
Michael's
Patricia
Michael Ninneman
Ninnemans
Ninneman
New Mexico weighs strict welfare rules for teen parents
State officials draft regulations tying welfare to education. Teen parents must stay in school and maintain good grades or lose benefits, with work or community service required if not employed. The plan, backed by HSD head Duke Rodriguez, targets teen parents living independently, amid long-standing federal limits and a lawsuit from the Center on Law and Poverty.
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Socorro
Duke Rodriguez
State Human Services Department
AIM High School
New Mexico
Department
Eugene Lovato
Rodriguez
Center On Law and Poverty
Gary Johnson
The
Human Services Department
Residents contest Copar pumice mine near El Cajete
ESPANOLA AP residents in the Distas fighting Copar Pumice Co seeks permit for a strip mine in a closed Las Conchas site. Critics say the plan risks forests and environment while Copar argues for resource use. The El Cajete Mine would lie northeast of Sierra Los Pinos near State Road 4, about 21 miles west of Los Alamos.
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Espanola
Jemez Mountains
Copar Pumice Co
Copar
Michael Althert
Las Conchas
Former deputy and wife indicted in child assault case
ALBUQUERQUE AP A former sheriff s deputy and his wife are indicted on eight counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, four counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor, and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for allegedly serving liquor to a 12 year old girl and sexually assaulting her. Frank Garley aged 23 and Maria Garley aged 24 face the charges. grand jury in Bernalillo County handed down the indictments Friday. Frank Garley resigned from Valencia County Sheriffs Department after his arrest.
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Albuquerque
Frank Garley
Maria Garley
Bernalillo
Valencia County
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