Judge Gives Gary King More "Time"

Judge Albert Murdoch

New Mexico Watchdog - Although repeated delays threaten to paint him into a corner where he has no choice but to dismiss the case, an Albuquerque judge is determined to bring to light any truth to corruption charges against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron. On Friday, 2nd Judicial District Judge Albert Murdoch gave prosecutors another month to decide who will move the case forward. What’s more, if state’s attorneys show “good cause” why they can’t yet find a prosecutor, Murdoch indicated he is willing to further extend his patience beyond the latest deadline of August 1.

Rebecca Vigil-Giron

Yet he will only wait so long for state’s prosecutors to get their case in order, Murdoch said. Every judge wants to decide a case on the merits, but process matters, too, he explained. “I must reiterate that, eventually I will get to the point where the state has painted me into a corner and I have to do what I have to do. … The defendants and the taxpayers alike deserve to know whether there was wrongdoing or not and the longer we delay the worse it looks for both the defendants and the people of this state.” Read full story here: News New Mexico

Judge Gives Gary King More "Time"