Blog Posts in 2013
Posted on Dec 16, 2013 By Roman Romero
Mr. Romero represented a client that was charged with trafficking a controlled substance (cocaine) in April, 2011. The defendant in the case was stopped after allegedly blocking traffic and driving ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2013 By The Romero Law Firm, P.A.
In State v. Samora, a juror was excused from jury duty because he did not understand English very well. The Defendant's trial lawyer failed to timely object to excusing the juror, and later was ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2013 By The Romero Law Firm, P.A.
In State v. Bradford, the prosecution failed to submit complete jury instructions to the grand jury concerning a felony embezzlement charge. On appeal, the Court of Appeals made it clear that the ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2013 By Roman Romero
In N.M., everyone has a right to a reasonable opportunity to have an independent blood or breath alcohol test after taking a State breath or blood alcohol test. The firm will be testing the limits of ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2013 By The Romero Law Firm, P.A.
According to reports, an Albuquerque man has been accused of striking a little three-year old boy with a hammer inside a local grocery store. The incident occurred around 1pm last Monday, in ...
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Posted on May 13, 2013 By Roman Romero
In State v. Antonio T., our Court of Appeals held that when a high school vice principal was interrogating a student, he was not acting as an agent for law enforcement. In turn, the vice principal was ...
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Posted on May 2, 2013 By Roman Romero
In State vs. Ochoa, it was held that New Mexico law departs from federal precedent, and makes pretextual stops illegal. In other words, even if the arresting officer has a valid reason to detain ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2013 By Roman Romero
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently o.k.'d the government's secret interception (and use) of the data sent and received from a pay-as-you-go cell phone to locate and convict a ...
Continue reading "When is a Ping a Private Thing?" »