STATE v. BLOCK

No. 30,285.

263 P.3d 940 (2011)

2011-NMCA-101

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerome D. BLOCK, a/k/a Jerome D. Block II and Jerome D. Block, Jr., and Jerome D. Block, a/k/a Jerome D. Block, Sr., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Andrew S. Montgomery , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Rothstein, Donatelli , Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu, LLP, Daniel Philip Estes , Carolyn M. "Cammie" Nichols , Albuquerque, NM, Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Ives & Duncan, PA, Zachary A. Ives , Theresa M. Duncan , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees.

James Harrington , Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Common Cause.


OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} The secretary of state assessed fines against Jerome Block, Jr., (Block Jr.) for violations of the New Mexico Voter Action Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, Sections 1-19A-1 to -17 (2003, as amended through 2007), which provides public financing for certain candidates running for political office. The attorney general then filed criminal charges against Block Jr. and his father, Jerome Block, Sr. (Block Sr.), for violations of...

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