New Mexico Court of Appeals
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2009) |
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2009) |
 |
|---|
The New Mexico Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of New Mexico.
Jurisdiction
The court has general appellate jurisdiction over the state district courts and certain state agencies. The only exceptions to this grant of jurisdiction are:
- criminal cases in which the death penalty or life imprisonment is sought,
- Appeals from the Public Regulation Commission, and
- Cases involving the writ of habeas corpus.
These cases are directly reviewed by the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Judges
Ten judges sit on the court, each with their own paralegal and law clerk.
As of 2011[update], the judges on the court are Chief Judge Cynthia A. Fry and nine associate judges (in order of seniority):
- James J. Wechsler
- Michael D. Bustamante
- Jonathan B. Sutin
- Roderick T. Kennedy
- Michael E. Vigil
- Linda M. Vanzi
- Timothy L. Garcia
- Monica Zamora [1] [2]
- J. Miles Hanisee[3] [4]
Notes
- ^ Monica Zamora won against Governor Susana Martinez's appointed judge, J. Miles Hanisee, in the 2012 general election. https://coa.nmcourts.gov/judges/index.php
- ^ http://www.electionpeople.com/nmger2012/StatewideResults/ShowStatewideResultsTable.aspx?
- ^ J. Miles Hanisee was appointed in July 2011 to fill the seat of Robert E. Robles who resigned after pleading guilty to driving with intoxicated. He lost in the 2012 general election to Monica Zamora; however, Governor Martinez reappointed Judge Hanisee to the bench, Barbati, Duane (1 February 2012) "Appeals judge wants to retain seat" Alamogordo Daily News, archive at https://www.webcitation.org/65GGFbEEo by Webcite on 6 February 2012
- ^ http://www.nmcapitolreport.com/2012/12/j-miles-hanisee-will-stay-on-appeals-court.html
External links
State intermediate appellate courts in the United States | ||
|---|---|---|
|  | |
Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming do not have intermediate appellate courts. | ||
 | This New Mexico-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article relating to law in the United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |