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12 New Mexico opinions name it 2 courts 2017–2025 5 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by New Mexico courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Le Miergreen
nm · 2017 · cited in 10 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2017–2025
2 sentences

2025See 2017-NMSC-017, ¶ 20 , 394 P.3d 959 (“Courts must evaluate the considerations identified in [State v. Harper, 2011-NMSC-044, ¶ 15 , 150 N.M. 745 , 266 P.3d 25 ]—culpability, prejudice, and lesser sanctions—when deciding whether to exclude a witness and must explain their decision to exclude or not to exclude a witness within the framework articulated.”).

2025Harper, 2011-NMSC-044, ¶¶ 16-27 ; Le Mier, 2017-NMSC-017, ¶ 20 (“Courts must evaluate the considerations identified in Harper—culpability, prejudice, and lesser sanctions—when deciding whether to exclude a witness and must explain their decision to exclude or not to exclude a witness within the framework articulated in Harper.”).

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State v. Harpergreen
nm · 2011 · cited in 5 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2018–2025
2 sentences

2025See 2017-NMSC-017, ¶ 20 , 394 P.3d 959 (“Courts must evaluate the considerations identified in [State v. Harper, 2011-NMSC-044, ¶ 15 , 150 N.M. 745 , 266 P.3d 25 ]—culpability, prejudice, and lesser sanctions—when deciding whether to exclude a witness and must explain their decision to exclude or not to exclude a witness within the framework articulated.”).

2025See 2017-NMSC-017, ¶ 20 , 394 P.3d 959 (“Courts must evaluate the considerations identified in [State v. Harper, 2011-NMSC-044, ¶ 15 , 150 N.M. 745 , 266 P.3d 25 ]—culpability, prejudice, and lesser sanctions—when deciding whether to exclude a witness and must explain their decision to exclude or not to exclude a witness within the framework articulated.”).

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United States v. Tony Ray Wicker and Vickie Silergreen
ca10 · 1988 · cited in 1 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
1 sentence

2017As one court explained, “[o]n occasion the district court may need to suppress evidence that did not comply with discovery orders to maintain the integrity and schedule of the court even though the defendant may not be prejudiced.” See United States v. Wicker, 848 F.2d 1059, 1061 (10th Cir. 1988).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New Mexico. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Lewis green
nmctapp · 2017
2 sentences

2022As we held in State v. Lewis, 2018-NMCA-019 , ¶¶ 16, 18, 413 P.3d 484 , when a district court fails to explain its sanction decision in terms of the Harper factors, the record is inadequate for this Court to make a substantive review of the district court’s exercise of its discretion, and we must reverse and remand for further development of the record. {18} This is such a case.

2018The Supreme Court further stated that district courts “must 13 explain their decision to exclude or not to exclude a witness within the framework 14 articulated in Harper[.]” Le Mier, 2017-NMSC-017, ¶ 20 . 15 {4} Le Mier addresses situations in which the district courts excluded witnesses as 16 a sanction, not the dismissal of the charges with prejudice as occurred in this case. 17 However, “both dismissal and witness exclusion constitute ‘extreme’ sanctions.” State 18 v. Lewis, 2018-NMCA-019 , ¶ 8, 413 P.3d 484 ; see also Harper, 2011-NMSC-044 , ¶¶ 19 16, 21 (cautioning that the exclusion of

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