New Mexico Supreme Court To Consider Arrest Record Erasures

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court will consider whether the state's courts should be able to erase court and arrest records, and, if so, when it is appropriate to do so. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2dWdVEA ) that New Mexico has been grappling with the question for a decade. Lawmakers have passed four bills on the topic since 2005, but two were vetoed by former Gov. Bill Richardson and the others by current Gov. Susana Martinez. The case headed for the Supreme Court began when paramedic Christine Stump was arrested eight years ago for grabbing an Albuquerque police officer's arm while both were responding to an attempted suicide. The charge of battery on a police officer was later dismissed and Stump is fighting to have her record expunged.