STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Del E. ROMERO, Defendant-Petitioner.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 14, 2006.
Rehearing Denied August 30, 2006.
As Revised September 12, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Laurel A. Knowles, Assistant Appellate Defender, Pueblo of Pojoaque Legal Department, Frank A. Demolli, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioners.
Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Margaret McLean, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.
Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom & Bienvenu, L.L.P., Richard W. Hughes, Caren I. Friedman, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Santa Clara.
Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash & Bladh, L.L.P., Jill E. Grant, Stephen H. Greetham, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblos of Laguna, San Juan, Santa Ana and Taos.
Chestnut Law Offices, Peter C. Chestnut, Ann Berkley Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Acoma.
Pueblo of Tesuque Legal Department, Mekko Miller, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Tesuque.
Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz, Fairbanks & Yepa, L.L.P, David R. Yepa, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblos of Cochiti and Jemez.
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Mielke, L.L.P., David C. Mielke, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblos of Isleta, Sandia and Zia.
Pueblo of Pojoaque Legal Department, Frank Demolli, Jana C. Werner, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Pojoaque.
White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, P.A., Albert V. Gonzales, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Zuni.
Kenneth H. Bobroff, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae American Indian Law Center, Inc., and UNM Native American Law Students Association.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
SERNA, Justice.
{1} The State of New Mexico charged Defendant Romero for alleged crimes on privately-owned land within the exterior boundaries of Taos Pueblo and Defendant Gutierrez for alleged crimes on privately-owned fee land within the exterior boundaries of Pojoaque Pueblo. Both Defendants challenged the indictments due to the State's lack of jurisdiction to prosecute Indians in Indian country and petitioned this Court to determine...
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