EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLFAX COUNTY, NEW MEXICO No. D-809-CV-2021-00088 RACQUET CLUB COMMONS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a New Mexico non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, vs. 1) THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES WHICH MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN: a) Angel Fire Commons Timeshare Association, Inc.; b) Angel…
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EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLFAX COUNTY, NEW MEXICO No. D-809-CV-2021-00121 INVESTMENTS BY ASPEN GROUP, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, Plaintiff, vs. 1) LANA FREY, if living, and her UNKNOWN HEIRS IF DECEASED; 2) THE CLEDDY L. VARNER and PATRICIA L. VARNER REVOCABLE TRUST; and 3)…
District Court Update 8th Judicial District Court – Colfax County – Criminal Docket April 2021 Apr. 7 Filadelfio Chavez entered into a plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to petty misdemeanor assault and battery, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced to 364 days of supervised probation…
District Court Update 8th Judicial District Court – Colfax County – Criminal Docket March 2021 Mar. 1 Filadelfio Chavez was arraigned on felony armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery for events occurring during a domestic dispute. He remains in custody in another matter. Brian Witschen was arraigned on…
District Court Update 8th Judicial District Court – Colfax County – Criminal Docket February 2021 Feb. 1 Michael Sandoval failed to appear for arraignment on felony and petty misdemeanor shoplifting charges. A bench warrant for his arrest is pending. Patrick Murtagh was arraigned on felony DWI (4th offense) and misdemeanor…
The Taos County Magistrate Court held its first criminal jury trial today (September 8, 2020) with COVID-19 safeguards in place. Temperature checks, masks, social distancing, hand sanitizer an and the regular application of disinfectant on benches, doors and railings were among the steps taken to keep jurors and court staff…
Violent felon Rafael Orozco, 26, has been sentenced to spend the next 14 years in prison after violating the terms of his probation, but not before issuing a thinly veiled threat to Court officials and prosecutors that he will only become “worse” while in custody and will “see you again”…
On July 16, 2020, District Court Judge Jeffrey Shannon denied a request by convicted murderer Micola Sopyn to be transferred from Central New Mexico Correctional Facility to house arrest. The state, represented by Eighth Judicial District Senior Trial Attorney Carmela Starace, argued for denial of the inmate’s transfer out of…
On July 21, 2020, the Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office completed its first jury trial in the district since the COVID-19 pandemic. It occurred in Colfax County in State v. Jason Van Sweden, D-809-CR-2018-00195. Precautions were taken to keep jurors and all parties safe during the trial. The court dedicated the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2020 Contact: Melanie J. Majors, Executive Director, NMFOG 505-764-3750 FOG filed amicus brief in the case SANTA FE-The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government(FOG) applauds today’s decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court limiting the scope of a provision in state law that shields certain law enforcement records…