The Albuquerque Journal has reported on the new Supreme Court case of State v. Lopez. “New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that defendants don’t have a constitutional right to confront and question witnesses providing testimony against them at pretrial hearings. The state Supreme Court’s decision overruled a legal precedent on the question set by the […]
Archives for September 2013
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
The lawyers at McGraw Law & Associates support the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. This past week, firm partner Margaret Strickland, presented at the annual summer continuing legal education seminar presented by the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Attorney Strickland presented on the topic of witness interviewing and discovery under the New Mexico […]
In New Mexico 5 killed in separate crashes
Personal Injury Attorneys help clients who have been the victims of car, motorcycle, trucking and other crashes. We see the devastation left behind. We work to help make sure these victims are compensated. The Attorneys and staff at McGraw Law & Associates were saddened to hear that this past weekend, five people were killed on […]
Working to end unjust sentencing
For years criminal defense lawyers and others have decried the overly punitive sentencing of non-violent offenders. This is especially prevalent in the federal drug sentencing scheme and the war on drugs. The Tallahassee Project tells the stories of one hundred women prisoners of the war on drugs. Locked inside the Federal Prison in Tallahassee, FL […]
A conviction based on false accusation
NBC News reports a woman who falsely accused her father of molesting her in 1997, has now admitted she lied and is trying to get him out of prison. The agency reports: “Chaneya Kelly is on a mission: she wants the world to know about a horrible lie she says she told almost 16 years […]