Admitted:
1974, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 1996, Supreme Court
Law School:
University of New Mexico, J.D.
Member:
State Bar of New Mexico; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biography:
Private Practice, Primarily Criminal Defense, 1993. Associate Attorney: Jeffrey L. Baker & Associates, 1991-1993. Chief Public Defender, New Mexico State Public Defender, 1985-1991. Staff Attorney, New Mexico State Public Defender, 1983-1985; Associate Attorney, Melvin Robins, 1981-1983; Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, 1979-1981. Staff Attorney, New Mexico State Public Defender, 1977-1979; Contract Attorney, New Mexico State Public Defender, 1976-1977; Staff Attorney, Northern New Mexico Legal Services, 1976; Attorney, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow, Zuni Legal Services, 1974-1976.
Born:
Dayton, Ohio, December 17, 1949
Cases:
United States v. Wiseman, 297 F. 3d 975 (United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2002); State v. Luna, 921 P. 2d 950 (Court of Appeals of New Mexico, 1996); Lytle v. Jordan, 22 P. 3d 666 (Supreme Court of New Mexico, 2001); State v. Brule, 981 P. 2d 782 (Supreme Court of New Mexico, 1999); State v. Young & Lopez and Office of Public Defender 172 P3d 138 (Supreme Court of New Mexico, 2007).