by Erlinda | Jun 26, 2018 | New Mexico, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Attorney, Personal Injury Claims
If you have suffered from a personal injury, financial compensation cannot erase your pain and suffering, or replace time lost with your family, or help you regain time lost living your usual life. However, understanding personal injury claims could help you to...
by Erlinda | Jun 12, 2018 | Civil Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Asset Forfeiture, Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture
Changes to the Law In 2015, House Bill 560 was signed into law in New Mexico ending civil asset forfeiture. This law also closed a loophole allowing law enforcement to pass cases off to the federal government to bypass the state law. Civil asset forfeiture once...
by Erlinda | Apr 24, 2018 | Civil Rights
What are Civil Rights? Under U.S. and New Mexico law, you have the right to be treated the same as anyone else. This means no one has the right to discriminate against you based on your race, gender, religion, disability or sexual partner preference. Civil Rights are...
by Erlinda | Apr 10, 2018 | Bail Bonds, New Mexico, No-Bond Detention Law
In 2016, the New Mexico Legislature passed a constitutional amendment giving judges new authority to deny release to proven dangerous or high-risk defendants—even if such defendants can pay to buy a bail bond. Judges were also given the authority to release defendants...
by Erlinda | Feb 27, 2018 | Criminal Defense Attorney
Are you being accused of a crime? Being convicted can permanently alter your life. A conviction can mean long prison sentences, incarceration, probation, deportation, steep fines and, most importantly, a criminal record that will follow you for the rest of your life....