Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. First Judicial District Court
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1981No. 13504PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
At the request of the Attorney General we issued an alternative writ of superintending control in this cause. We also ordered a stay on all present proceedings involving the discovery of material in the possession of the Attorney General relating to the 1980 Penitentiary of New Mexico riot.
We have determined that the action by this Court on the writ of superintending control is premature insofar as it relates to any criminal case. The district court has not ruled on the discovery issues in any criminal cases. For this reason, the writ and stay in the criminal matters…
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