STATE v. GUTIERREZ

NO. S-1-SC-38367 CONSOLIDATED WITH NO. S-1-SC-38368.

523 P.3d 560 (2022)

2023-NMSC-002

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, v. David GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, and Connie Lee Johnston, Defendant-Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, and Francesca Estevez, Defendant-Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, and Demesia Padilla, Defendant-Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: September 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett J. Baur , Chief Public Defender, Steven James Forsberg , Assistant Public Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent Gutierrez.

Sitterly Law Firm, LLC, Nicholas Sitterly , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents Johnston and Estevez.

Kennedy, Hernandez & Associates, P.C., Paul John Kennedy , Jessica Hernandez , Albuquerque, NM, for Cross-Respondent.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Walter M. Hart, III , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

New Mexico State Ethics Commission, Jeremy Daniel Farris , James Walker Boyd , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

{1} This consolidated case requires us to determine whether the Legislature intended for violations of NMSA 1978, Section 10-16-3(A)-(C) (2011) ("Subsections (A)-(C)") of the Governmental Conduct Act (GCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 10-16-1 to -18 (1967, as amended through 2019), to be punishable...

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