New Mexico Supreme Court: San Juan County man hit with double jeopardy
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you've ever wondered if anyone is ever charged with double jeopardy (prosecuted twice for the same crime), the New Mexic...
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you've ever wondered if anyone is ever charged with double jeopardy (prosecuted twice for the same crime), the New Mexico Supreme Court has an answer: Yes. In a ruling announced Thursday, the state's highest court says Franklin Begaye from San Juan County was improperly charged twice for essentially the same crime. Begaye was previously sentenced to 16 years in prison for breaking and entering, as well as burglary, of a Farmington business in 2017. But now, the Supreme Court has decided that the breaking and entering charge was part of the burglary, not a separate issue.