Jurisdiction
Last updated February 16, 2010
General Rules of Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction Apply, No State Jurisdiction
Legislation
N.M. Const., art. XXI, § 2
No Public Law 280 or similar legislation
Case Law
State v. Romero, 135 N.M. 53 (N.M. Ct. App. 2003, appeal pending)
Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Board of County Comm’rs, 118 N.M. 550 (1994)
Wacondo v. Concha, 873 P.2d 276 (N.M. Ct. App. 1994)
State v. Pena, 117 N.M. 528, 873 P.2d 274 (N.M. Ct. App. 1994)
State v. Ortiz, 105 N.M. 308, 731 P.2d 1352 (1986)
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana, 472 U.S. 237 (1985)
Blatchford v. Gonzales, 100 N.M. 333, 670 P.2d 944 (1983)
Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
Joe v. Marcum, 621 F.2d 358 (10th Cir. 1980)
Chino v. Chino, 90 N.M. 203 (1977)
State Sec., Inc. v. Anderson, 84 N.M. 629 (1973)
Sangre de Cristo Development Corp. v. City of Santa Fe, 84 N.M. 343 (1972)
Paiz v. Hughes, 76 N.M. 562 (1966)