Ryan Ellison, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
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Karl Reifsteck, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts
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Julie Vargas New Mexico Supreme Court Justice
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New Mexico Supreme Court upholds current double jeopardy legal framework in Neal case

Ryan Ellison, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
Federal Court

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Shiprock man pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor over four-year period

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