If an officer asks you questions about your case before Mirandizing you, you can normally get those excluded. This does not apply to traffic citations or DWI’s in New Mexico, but for any other case an officer first has to read you Miranda rights before asking questions. If an officer is recording on their webcam […]
What about cameras that police officers wear? Is video recorded at the scene admissible as evidence?
Normally, yes. In New Mexico, officers are not required to turn their camera on, so an officer has to actually push a button to turn the camera on, and it is their discretion when to turn the camera on or not. You can’t rely on an officer turning their camera on when you want the […]
If I’m arrested, what do I do?
If you’re arrested, the smartest course of action is to not make any statements at all and ask to speak to a lawyer. When you ask to speak to a lawyer, your statement can’t later be used against you in court. If you were to have a jury trial, the jury would never find out […]
How do I know if there is a warrant out for my arrest?
The best way to check in New Mexico is to go to the website www.nmcourts.gov and run your name. That will check for any state issued warrants. If you believe that your warrant might be out of the city court, you can also just call the court directly and ask if you have a warrant. Does that […]
The Costs of Injuries
THE FINANCIAL STRAINS OF INJURIES When people hear about multimillion dollar settlements for personal injuries, many of them think that these numbers are outlandish. After all, how can a car accident possibly yield hundreds of thousands of dollars? What many people fail to realize is how costly these injuries are physically, emotionally, and financially. In […]
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