STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Christopher ROTHERHAM, Defendant-Appellant.
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Richard LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Lucille EPPERSON, Defendant-Appellant.
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Joe MARTINEZ, a/k/a Primitivo Ortega, Defendant-Appellee.
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Charles Henry LUCAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 31, 1996.
Rehearing Denied August 20, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Hollis Ann Whitson, Mental Health Unit Coordinator, Laurie A. Knight, Kari Converse, Assistant Public Defenders, Santa Fe, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 22059.
Tom Udall, Attorney General, Gail MacQuesten, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 22,059, 22,497 and 22,608.
Barbara E. Bergman, James W. Ellis, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae NMCCD in Nos. 22,059, 22,497 and 22,608.
Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo, P.A., Jerry Todd Wertheim, Santa Fe, Ronald S. Honberg, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae NAMI & AMINM in No. 22,059 and 22,650.
Nancy Koenigsberg, Protection and Advocacy System, Albuquerque, for Amici Curiae NMPAS, NAPAS & ARC in Nos. 22,059, 22,462 and 22,608.
Adam G. Kurtz, Albuquerque, Lawrence J. Fleming, St. Louis, MO, Richard A. Winterbottom, Albuquerque, for Amici Curiae NACDL & NMCDLA in Nos. 22,059, 22,462, 22,497 and 22,650.
T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Hollis Ann Whitson, Mental Health Unit Coordinator, Laurie A. Knight, Assistant Public Defender, Ralph Odenwald, Second Judicial District Defender, Santa Fe, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 22,462.
Tom Udall, Attorney General, Joel Jacobsen, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 22,462.
T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Hollis A. Whitson, Mental Health Unit Coordinator, Laurie A. Knight, Assistant Public Defender, Santa Fe, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 22,497.
T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Hollis Ann Whitson, Mental Health Unit Coordinator, Laurie A. Knight, Assistant Public Defender, John L. Walker, Metropolitan Court Supervisor, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 22,608.
Tom Udall, Attorney General, Jennifer Stone, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 22,650.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
BACA, Justice.
At issue on appeal is the constitutionality of New Mexico's Mental Illness and Competency Code, NMSA1978, §§ 31-9-1 to -1.5 (Cum.Supp.1995) (hereinafter "the NMMIC"), which provides the procedure to be followed in cases where a criminal defendant is incompetent to stand trial. Appellants, Christopher Rotherham, Lucille Epperson, Richard Lopez, and Charles Lucas, are criminal defendants who are incompetent to stand...
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