Legal Opinion
Alvarez v. Chavez
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 5, 1994No. 14975PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
This case addresses the issue of whether two statutes which preclude county officers from being licensed as bail bondsmen or from receiving benefits from the bail-bonding business violate the equal protection clauses of the United States and New Mexico Constitutions. The trial court concluded that the statutes do violate equal protection guarantees, and we affirm.
BACKGROUND
NMSA 1978, Section 59A-51-4 (Repl.Pamp.1992) provides in pertinent part that:
Applicants for license as bail bondsman or solicitor under this article must not be law enforcement, adjudication or…
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