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NM Supreme Court declines to lessen State’s evidentiary burden for pretrial detention

SANTA FE – Evidence about the “nature and circumstances” of a charged offense is not enough by itself to prove that a defendant should be jailed while awaiting trial, the state Supreme Court concluded in an opinion issued today.

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