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STATE v. GUTIERREZ

Nos. A-1-CA-36096, A-1-CA-37270, A-1-CA-37585 and A-1-CA-38283 (consolidated for purpose of opinion).

472 P.3d 1260 (2020)

2020-NMCA-045

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellee. and State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francesca Estevez, Defendant-Appellee. and State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Connie Lee Johnston, Defendant-Appellee. and State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Demesia Padilla, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, September 8, 2020, No. S-1-SC-38367 and S-1-SC-38368.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Walter Hart , Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Bennett J. Baur , Chief Public Defender Santa Fe, NM, Steven J. Forsberg , Assistant Appellate Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Gutierrez.

Francesca Estevez, Gila, NM, Pro Se Appellee.

Ray Twohig , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Johnston.

Kennedy, Hernandez & Associates, P.C., Paul J. Kennedy , Jessica M. Hernandez , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Padilla.

State Ethics Commission, Jeremy Farris , Walker Boyd , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

{1} Does a government official who fails to abide by the ethical principles imposed by the Legislature commit a crime under the Governmental Conduct Act (GCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 10-16-1 to -18 (1967, as amended through 2019)? This is the question we are called upon to answer in each of these four...

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