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Our law firm was just honored by the American Institute of a Criminal Law Attorneys as “10 Best Attorneys” for New Mexico for Client Satisfaction in the practice area of Criminal Law.

We prepare to enter the 18th year of our practice with tremendous gratitude to our clients and colleagues for helping us achieve this recognition!

We continue to provide high quality representation to clients during this time of tremendous concern. Please call our office to arrange for a teleconference: (505) 345-9616.

Expungement? New Mexico joined the majority of states by enacting an expungement statute last session. Many will qualify for expungement of their criminal record(s) that don't know. If a criminal conviction or charge is adversely affecting you and you'd like to see what you can do about it, talk to us!

We are proud to announce that our principal attorney, Roman R. Romero, was just chosen to receive this year's "Top 10 Attorney Award for the State of New Mexico" by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorney's.

Today, our law firm was nominated for the award "Mexican Owned Business Excellence" by Latin American News.

I was recently asked why there appears not to be any 4th Amendment protections at International Ports of entry. In U.S. v. Montoya de Hernandez, the Supreme Court held that federal agents can stop and search a traveler at an international border (or international airport) even without a warrant or reasonable suspicion of the target's wrongdoing.

Recently, this same logic has resulted in the unfettered search of electronic devices at borders. Agents have even required a password for electronic devices. The practice of demanding passwords and maintaining the electronic devices is currently being challenged.

The Louisiana State Supreme Court found that when an accused asked for a "lawyer dog" it was not an unambiguous invocation of his right to counsel.

One would wonder: What if he requested a "lawyer, dog" instead of a "lawyer dog?"

Or, was his invocation equivocal either way because he prefaced his alleged assertion with "if y'all think I did it..."

Here is the entire rip from the record: ""if y' all, this is how I feel, if y' all think I did it, I know that I didn't do it so why don't you just give me a lawyer dog cause this is not what's up."
See, State v. Demesme, 228 So. 3d 1206, 1206, 2017 La. LEXIS 2519, *1, 2017-0954 (La. 10/27/17).

Román R. Romero just got selected as one of the 10 best attorneys for New Mexico for Client Satisfaction in the practice area of Criminal Law.

News Release: Today, Roman Romero was requested to join the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys.

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DWI case dismissed after incident with Asst. District Attorneys

Case dismissed after Romero finds flaws in Asst. District Attorneys case! Read more here!

krqe.com Four charges, including a DWI, against an Albuquerque man have been dropped thanks to two Assistant District Attorneys who reportedly didn't…

Biography of Román Romero

Attorney Román Romero is recognized in the courtroom for his experience, aggression, and long list of successes. Judges and attorneys alike respect his knowledge and skill. Learn more about Romero by reading his profile below. Call (505) 345-9616 if you are facing charges.

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Tech bands: Information gathered on a wristband monitoring device might be allowed as evidence at trial. A case is happening now where a client claims to have been sleep deprived due to pain suffered from an auto accident. If the jury believes the client's complaints, it may enhance money damages. The client wore the monitoring device while treating, that demonstrates she only slept sporadically. The Court will have to decide if the wristband is sufficiently reliable, and more probative than prejudicial before admitting the evidence at trial. Damages are sometimes hard to prove/quantify.
Kudos to the lawyer for getting creative.

Just in from the U.S. Supreme Court: Police officers can detain people when the police officer doesn't know what the law is. Yup. You read it right. Police now don't have to know the law they are accusing someone of violating. If they reasonably are mistaken as to what the law is, their intrusion will be found lawful. This was an 8-1 decision. (Heien v. North Carolina).

Note, however, that New Mexico's Constitution affords greater protections than the U.S. Constitution. In turn, there's still hope that the New Mexico Courts will see this issue differently.

Just had one of those moments! A client that was busted three times with dope was in serious trouble, facing 9yrs. Found God, Got help, got clean, got employed, got away from the bad crowd. Got sentenced to UNSUPERVISED PROBATION today. In 2.5 years, will have a clean record! So proud of that client.

For those of you that know someone struggling with addiction: there's hope!

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The Republic of Mexico has announced that it will be implementing a larger penalty for kidnapping cases. The new penalty in the Mexican sentencing guidelines will be 40 years (instead of 20). If the victim is killed, the maximum sentence will move from 50 years to 140. It is estimated that fewer than 5% of all kidnappings in Mexico are reported to the authorities.

Mexico's crime statistics are closely being monitored since the arrest of alleged drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman this February. Some believe that violent crimes will decrease due to changes in the Sinaloa cartel's power structure, while others believe it will increase as the cartel "reorganizes."

Just found out that the ABA supports a proposed amendment to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines that will slightly lower drug crime sentences across the board.

This has been an issue I'd hoped would come up a long time ago, as the amount of drugs involved in each crime shouldn't always determine the appropriate sentence. Instead, other factors like criminal conduct, overall involvement level, personal characteristics of the accused and criminal history should be more heavily relied upon. Just sentences should also always entail some sort of rehabilitation to reduce recidivism. I invite the sentencing commission and the ABA to place more import on rehabilitation when it comes to sentencing.

Federal Judge Tells Supreme Court To 'S**U'

Amazing!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-tells-supreme-court-152922720.html

finance.yahoo.com Richard Kopf, a senior United States district...

JUST FOUND OUT WE WON A BIG APPEAL TODAY!

We represented a client that was charged with trafficking a controlled substance (co***ne) two years ago. We were able to get the District Court judge to issue an order suppressing all of the evidence in the case. In essence, the case had to be dismissed. The government appealed. The Court of Appeals just held:

"We conclude that the district court did not err in finding that there was no reasonable suspicion for the stop on the basis of a Section 66-7-308(A) violation and that sufficient evidence supported the district court's ruling." Affirmed.

For the full Memorandum Opinion from the Court of Appeals, see, New Mexico State Court of Appeals Case No. 32,544.

Coercion or Extortion?
The U.S. Supreme Court made the distinction between the two in Sekhar v. United States recently.

Sekhar allegedly threatened the general counsel of a state agency that he would disclose his extramarital affair if he did not recommend that the state invest in Sekhar's employer's fund. The Hobbs Act prohibits extortion. The Court held that when Sekhar demanded a recommendation, the recommendation was not "property." Since the Hobbs Act prohibits extortion in return for property, Sekhar merely exercised coercion as opposed to exercising extortion. In turn, Sekhar's federal conviction was overturned.

A good lawyer can make a big difference....

I just got a cool card from a client, and the client was o.k. with me sharing it:

".... Dear Roman, I would like to express my appreciation to you and your assistant Phillip for your patience and great work in the last three months. Thanks for your sense of humor at difficult times. I cannot say enough thanks for what you have done for me." -X. D**g.

Objection: Trial lawyer failed to object.

In State v. Samora, a juror was excused from jury duty because he did not understand English very well. The Defendant's trial lawyer failed to timely object to excusing the juror, and later was convicted of murder. On appeal, the Supreme Court of New Mexico found that it is not lawful to excuse a juror based on their ability to understand English. But, the Court also found, in essence, that since the trial lawyer failed to object during the trial, the conviction will not be overturned. This case was a very important reminder that trial lawyers have to stay on their feet and bring appropriate objections timely. The failure to do so in this case proved costly. How costly was the error? Basically, the Supreme Court's decision reads something like this: The Constitution of the State of New Mexico, Art. VII, Sec. 3, guarantees that everyone can sit on a jury regardless of language, race, religion or color only if you complain about it on time. Ouch!