MORALES v. BRIDGFORTH

No. 28,078.

100 P.3d 668 (2004)

136 N.M. 511

2004-NMSC-034

Ramon Pacheco MORALES and Similarly Situated Habeas Petitioners, Petitioners, v. Hon. Stephen BRIDGFORTH, District Judge. Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Sophie Cooper, Assistant Public Defender, Albuquerque, for Petitioners.

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, David K. Thomson, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Respondent.


OPINION

MAES, Chief Justice.

{1} Petitioner and other similarly situated habeas petitioners petitioned this Court for a writ of superintending control to allow the Post Conviction Conflict Division of the Public Defender Department ("the Department") to represent individuals in habeas proceedings who allege that their public defender at trial was ineffective, provided each individual consents to such representation. See N.M. Const. art. VI, §...

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