April 24, 2015 Albuquerque Journal A Las Cruces judge denied the release of slain Santa Fe officer Jeremy Martin’s personal records. Tai Chan’s defense attorney John Day responded by stating, “We respectfully disagree with Judge Macias’ opinion.” “There’s a reason why Santa Fe County has spent thousands of dollars in lawyers’ fees to keep these files secret, and we want…
April 24, 2015 KOAT Tai Chan’s attorney John Day spoke with KOAT regarding the judge’s decision to not release Jeremy Martin’s personnel files. “We believe that the secret files that contain medical information and background information on Jeremy Martin are still relevant and it’s material that we’re entitled to,” Day said. Watch the video via KOAT
April 23, 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican Hollywood producer, Frank Mancuso, Jr., is in talks to lease-purchase Santa Fe County owned La Bajada Ranch. Mancuso Jr.’s attorney, Kyle Harwood, said the plan is to “preserve the property and to do a community farm, which we think would be an incubator for agricultural education as well as businesses.” The 470 acre ranch…
April 14, 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican Dr. Carola Kieve filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Department of Health. The lawsuit claims the department of health is demanding extra documentation for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) patients to receive their medical marijuana card. Her attorney, Brian Egolf, argued that the department abuse of its authority is twofold. First ,the doctor…
April 8, 2015 KOAT Watch criminal defense lawyer John Day speak to KOAT Action 7 News regarding the new Tai Chan self defense evidence. DNA tests confirmed Tai Chan’s blood on the stained sheets. Watch the interview here via KOAT
April 6, 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican Tai Chan’s attorney John Day entered two photos of blood stained sheets as evidence in a court filing in Las Cruces. The sheets were from the room that Jeremy Martin an Chan shared at Hotel Encanto. DNA tests results confirmed the blood on the sheets belonged to Tai Chan. Day also stated Jeremy…
April 3, 2015 Albuquerque Journal “It’s a foam football that accidentally hit a police car and our investigation showed this was a police officer who never should have been hired in the first place,” said Santa Fe attorney John Day, who represented the Tapia family. “He (former Espanola officer John Vigil) actually used what is called a throat strike,” said…
April 3, 2015 Albuquerque Journal A whistle blower lawsuit was filed today by attorney Kate Ferlic on behalf of former New Mexico Department of Corrections educator Catherine Johnson. Johnson was terminated in April 2013 after questioning the decision of hiring the education testing firm Pearson VUE in November 2012. Pearson Vue “would charge more than twice the cost of the GED…
April 3, 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican Catherine Johnson, a former New Mexico Department of Corrections employee, filed a lawsuit under the Whistleblower Protection Act, claiming she was fired in retaliation to asking why former Director of Recidivism Reduction David Huertas, hired the for profit educational firm, Pearson VUE. Read more via Santa Fe New Mexican
