State Ex Rel. Deschamps v. Kase

OPINION

RANSOM, Chief Justice.

Catron County voters petitioned for a grand jury investigation into the death of Michael Ray Lozano. The petition apparently was submitted first to District Attorney Lee Deschamps, who filed the petition in district court on behalf of the signatories. Deschamps, however, sought an investigative prerogative for the grand jury that was broader than the specific Lozano incident. He wanted the grand jury “to conduct an investigation into the shotgun-death of Michael Ray Lozano, on May 6, 1989, ... and into such other and further matters as may be authorized or…