Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. Tafoya
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 5, 2008No. 06-2034PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Chief Judge.
Colin Gonzales pleaded guilty in New Mexico state court to committing second-degree murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault when he was fourteen years old. In determining an appropriate sentence, the state trial court applied N.M. Stat. Ann. § 32A-2-20 (1978, as amended through 1996), which allowed a juvenile who has committed certain serious crimes to be sentenced as an adult if “(1) the child is not amenable to treatment or rehabilitation as a child in available facilities” and (2) “the child is not eligible for commitment to an institution…
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