New Mexico Court of Appeals

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  •

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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.

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

Judges

• Jonathan Sutin - Chief Judge

• Michael Bustamante
• Celia Castillo
• Cynthia Fry
• Timothy Garcia
• J. Miles Hanisee
• Roderick Kennedy
• Linda Vanzi
• Michael Vigil
• James Wechsler

2012 election

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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%

External links

• Official website of the New Mexico Court of Appeals

References