New Mexico Court of Appeals

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The New Mexico Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in New Mexico.

The Court of Appeals has offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The Court consists of ten judges, sitting in panels of three. The Court has jurisdiction in: civil, non-capital criminal, and juvenile cases, and discretionary jurisdiction in interlocutory decision cases and administrative agency appeals.

Judges hold 8-year terms but may run in a retention election in the general election at the end of their term. If not retained, a judge's term ends on the January 1st following the election.

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New Mexico Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	10
Judicial selection
Method:	Partisan election of judges
Term:	8 years
Active judges
Roderick Kennedy  •  Cynthia Fry  •  Michael Bustamante  •  Jonathan Sutin  •  James Wechsler  •  Michael Vigil  •  Timothy Garcia  •  Linda Vanzi  •  M. Monica Zamora  •  J. Miles Hanisee  •

Judges

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Chief Judge Roderick Kennedy	1999-2019			Republican
Judge Cynthia Fry	2000-2015
Judge Michael Bustamante	1994-2019
Judge Jonathan Sutin	1999-2017
Judge James Wechsler	1994-2015
Judge Michael Vigil	2003-2019		Gov. Bill Richardson	Democrat
Judge Timothy Garcia	2008-2019		Gov. Bill Richardson
Judge Linda Vanzi	2008-2019		Gov. Bill Richardson
Judge M. Monica Zamora	2013-2021			Democratic
Judge J. Miles Hanisee	2011-2014		Gov. Susana Martinez	Republican

External links

• Official website of the New Mexico Court of Appeals

References

2012

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Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
VigilMichael Vigil   A	Yes			73.48%   A
KennedyRoderick Kennedy   A	Yes			76.42%   A
LopezVictor S. Lopez	No		34%