May 8—Changes to New Mexico's pretrial release and detention rules that went into effect Wednesday drew mixed reactions. Some top prosecutors and the governor applauded the revision as an important ...

Devin Munford had violated the conditions of his court-approved pretrial release 113 times before he knocked at the apartment of an acquaintance in 2021. Munford fired his shotgun twice through the ...

Some lawyers, on both sides, may not appreciate this shift in the Rules as it can translate into more deadlines—and thus more late nights in the office," said Brian H. Bieber, a shareholder at ...

As a litigator, I routinely prepare clients for depositions. A deposition is a pre-trial procedure where a party or witness in a legal case provides sworn testimony outside of a courtroom. A lawyer ...

Trial dates generally are not subject to appeal. And defendants can’t challenge most other pretrial actions until a trial is done. When former president Donald Trump declared last week that he would ...