New Mexico Public Defender Department records, 1976-[ongoing].

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New Mexico Public Defender Department records, 1976-[ongoing].

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Summary: As of 1997 collection consists of the records of the New Mexico Public Defender Department (1976-1994). Included are correspondence, administrative files, primary mission records, and felony case files. Administrative files contain materials and clippings pertaining to the Santa Fe Prison Riot at the State Penitentiary in 1980. Case files consist of cases 1-727 (1987).

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New Mexico State Penitentiary

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New Mexico. Public Defender Dept.

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The Public Defender Department was established in 1973 (1973 NM Laws, Chp. 156, Sec. 1-15). Its function is to provide legal representation at both the trial and appellate levels for indigent defendants accused of any crime that carries a possible sentence of imprisonment, parolees in parole revocation proceedings, and certain persons under provision of the New Mexico Children's Code. From the description of New Mexico Public Defender Department records, 1976-[ongoing]. (Santa Fe Pub...