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| Gary King |
New Mexico Watchdog - In an Albuquerque courtroom Monday, a defense attorney accused Attorney General Gary King’s office of procurement violations. Another said attorneys working for the state’s top prosecutor flouted a judge’s order and ignored a deadline. Yet at the end of the day, it was the Attorney General’s office that got what they asked for. Second Judicial District Judge Albert Murdoch on Monday gave the AG’s office another 30 days to find a replacement prosecutor to argue charges against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three co-defendants. Defense attorneys want the case thrown out because they say their clients haven’t received a speedy trial in the August, 2009 grand jury indictment.
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| Rebecca Vigil-Giron |
Vigil-Giron’s attorney on Monday noted that the AG had not asked for a stay that would have set aside the April 29 deadline Murdoch had set for the AG’s office to find someone else to take the case. No replacement prosecutor has yet notified the court they will handle the case. Vigil-Giron – a former two-term Democrat secretary of state – along with Elizabeth Kupfer, Joseph Carl Kupfer and Armando Gutierrez are charged with fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and giving, taking or soliciting kickbacks. News New Mexico
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