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New Mexico Supreme Court Retention – Shannon Bacon

New Mexico
Retention race

What does this office do?

  • Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
  • Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
  • Deciding major criminal and civil cases

Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,

Shannon Bacon

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court standing for nonpartisan retention in 2026. Appointed 2019, elected 2020; served as Chief Justice.

Track record

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 1 favorable
  • Authored the New Mexico Supreme Court's majority opinion providing lower courts guidance on the proper analysis for determining whether a criminal defendant's speedy-trial right has been violated.

    July 8, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: ladailypost.com

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