WACONDO v. CONCHA

No. 14200.

873 P.2d 276 (1994)

117 N.M. 530

Maureen WACONDO and Betty Salas, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary Salas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John Dominic CONCHA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah W. Barlow, Scott E. Borg, Daniel M. Rosenfelt, Rosenfelt, Barlow, Barber & Borg, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kim Knowles, Mary Lou Carson, Indian Pueblo Legal Services, San Juan Pueblo, for defendant-appellee.

David R. Yepa, Ann Berkley Rodgers, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae, Pueblo of Jemez.

Lester K. Taylor, Teresa Isabel Leger, Albuquerque, for amici curiae, Pueblos of Laguna and Santa Ana, and Jicarilla Apache Tribe.

L. Lamar Parrish, Albuquerque, for amici curiae, Pueblos of Sandia, Isleta, San Juan, and San Felipe.


OPINION

BLACK, Judge.

Defendant Concha is a member of the Taos Pueblo. Plaintiff Salas is a member of the Zia Pueblo who resides in Rio Rancho. Plaintiff Wacondo is a member and resident of the Jemez Pueblo. Plaintiffs' claims arise out of a shooting committed within the exterior boundaries of the Jemez Pueblo. As a result of the shooting, Defendant was convicted in federal court of voluntary manslaughter and assault.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint...

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