State v. Jasper

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

These are appeals from criminal contempt citations issued, after notice and a hearing, at the conclusion of a criminal trial. The trial court held in contempt Michael F. McCormick and Ronald R. Walker, district attorneys who were involved in prosecuting the criminal charges, and Deputy Chief Stephen S. Wisniewski and Captain Chris Wyatt, of the Roswell Police Department. The trial court found that the four respondents’ failure to comply with the trial court’s order of discovery and NMSA 1978, Crim.P. Rule 27 (Repl.Pamp. 1980)1 was negligent rather than intentional, but…