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The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (in case citations, D.N.M.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of New Mexico. Court is held in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe.
criminal cases in which the death penalty or life imprisonment is sought, [5] 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.
Courts of New Mexico include: . State courts of New Mexico. New Mexico Supreme Court [1]. New Mexico Court of Appeals [1]. New Mexico District Court (13 judicial districts) [2] New Mexico Magistrate Court [3]
A few states have two separate supreme courts, with one having authority over civil matters and the other reviewing criminal cases. 47 states and the federal government allow at least one appeal of right from a final judgment on the merits, meaning that the court receiving the appeal must decide the appeal after it is briefed and argued ...
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. The Supreme Court also has jurisdiction over challenged elections, and exercises supervision over all the courts of the state, including matters of attorney and judge discipline.
This case featured the first example of judicial review by the Supreme Court. Ware v. Hylton, 3 U.S. 199 (1796) A section of the Treaty of Paris supersedes an otherwise valid Virginia statute under the Supremacy Clause. This case featured the first example of judicial nullification of a state law. Fletcher v.
Only active, non-senior-status judges may fill one of the 677 authorized judgeships. In addition, a small number of judges are concurrently appointed to more than one judgeship. While some judges with senior status are inactive, these judges are not yet retired and may return to actively hearing cases at any time.
In December 2018, Thomson was one of fourteen applicants who applied for two upcoming vacancies on the New Mexico Supreme Court. [6] On January 11, 2019, the nominating commission submitted his name along with six others to fill the vacancies. [7]