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SANTA FE -- District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer brought the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin to an abrupt and stunning conclusion Friday when she dismissed the case based on the state's withholding of evidence. The dismissal was with prejudice, which means the charge cannot be refiled, bringing to an end a strange and tragic case that gained worldwide attention and may be discussed for decades. The judge's ruling was based on the state's mishandling of evidence — specifically, a box of ammunition turned into t...
SANTA FE -- A Santa Fe jury awarded more than $66 million in damages last week in a case filed by a Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury on a New Mexico movie set in 2016. The award — which includes $36 million in punitive damages — is among the largest in state history. Plaintiff James Razo, 55, said the jury's verdict Friday was "a huge emotional relief" and would help him put the life-altering incident behind him. "I can finally begin my healing journey," he said in a phone interview Tuesday. Razo sai...
SANTA FE -- The state Board of Finance has awarded the First Judicial District Attorney's Office more than $317,000 to prosecute people connected to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of the Alec Baldwin film "Rust" in October, according to the board's website. The money — awarded in response to an emergency request from District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies — is only about half of what the District Attorney's Office estimates it will need to bring charges against up to four people, according to a c...
The state Law Offices of the Public Defender will pay $750,000 to a former employee who said her supervisor — then second in command of the agency — sexually assaulted her and, when she reported it, the agency chose to protect him instead of her. The state Risk Management Division spent $152,000 in legal fees fighting the case before agreeing to settle it last month. In exchange for the settlement, Jocelyn Garrison, who worked as a managing attorney in the Public Defender’s Office in Clovis before resigning in 2018, agreed to...
