New Mexico Supreme Court, 2025

Hammonds v. N.M. Adult Parole Bd.

Hammonds v. N.M. Adult Parole Bd.
New Mexico Supreme Court · Decided November 20, 2025

Hammonds v. N.M. Adult Parole Bd.

Opinion

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO Filing Date: November 20, 2025 No. S-1-SC-39760 JOHNNY M. HAMMONDS, Petitioner, v. NEW MEXICO ADULT PAROLE BOARD and HECTOR RIOS, Warden, Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON CERTIORARI Angie K. Schneider, District Judge Johnny Hammonds Pro se Chaparral, NM for Petitioner Raúl Torrez, Attorney General Albuquerque, NM for Respondents DISPOSITIONAL ORDER OF REMAND VIGIL, Justice. {1} WHEREAS, this matter came before the Court on petition for writ of certiorari under Rule 12-501 NMRA seeking review of the Twelfth Judicial District Court’s order denying Petitioner’s request for release from indeterminate sex-offender parole as the remedy for failure to hold a timely duration review hearing as required by NMSA 1978, Section 31-21-10.1(C) (2007); {2} WHEREAS, the Court initially denied the petition; {3} WHEREAS, the Court thereafter withdrew the order denying the petition and ordered that this case be held in abeyance pending the Court’s disposition of Aragon v. Martinez, S-1-SC-39172; {4} WHEREAS, this Court has now issued an opinion and mandate in Aragon v. Martinez, ___-NMSC-___, ___ P.3d ___ (S-1-SC-39172, July 14, 2025) (mandate filed Aug. 18, 2025); {5} WHEREAS, the opinion in Aragon addresses and significantly affects the issue of law presented in this case; and {6} WHEREAS, the Court exercises its discretion under Rule 12-405(B)(1) NMRA to dispose of this case by nonprecedential order rather than a formal opinion; {7} NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the abeyance is VACATED and this matter is REMANDED to the district court to reconsider Petitioner’s right to habeas relief in accordance with Aragon, ___-NMSC-___, ¶ 42. {8} IT IS SO ORDERED.

MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Justice WE CONCUR: DAVID K. THOMSON, Chief Justice C. SHANNON BACON, Justice JULIE J. VARGAS, Justice BRIANA H. ZAMORA, Justice

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