Form 9-702 NMRA

Form 9-702. Petition for writ of certiorari to the district court from denial of habeas corpus.

Last amended: 2017Year: 2017Length: 690 wordsOfficial source
[For use with Appellate Rule 12-501 NMRA] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO _______________________________ Defendant-Petitioner, S.Ct. No.____________________ (leave blank; court will assign) v. _______________________________ (Name of Warden) Respondent. District Ct. No. ______________ PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE _____________ DISTRICT COURT OF NEW MEXICO _______________________________ Defendant-Petitioner pro se _______________________________ _______________________________ (address information) PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE _____________ DISTRICT COURT OF NEW MEXICO Defendant-Petitioner, appearing pro se and pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Constitution, Rule 5-802, and Rule 12-501 NMRA; petitions this Court to issue its Writ of Certiorari to review the order in: ____________________________________________ (your name v. Warden’s name), District Court No. ________________________ filed on ____________________________. QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the district court erred in: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (Complete only for issues relevant to the petition. Attach additional sheets if necessary.) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS 1. Please list the conviction being challenged: ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ 2. Please list any other petitions you have filed in the New Mexico Supreme Court challenging this conviction (please include docket numbers and dates): ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ 3. Tell the story of what happened in your court case: ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________ ______ BASIS FOR GRANTING THIS PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT The decision of the district court on my petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed pro se, raises significant questions of law under state and federal constitutions: whether the errors below deprived petitioner’s rights guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and by New Mexico Constitution, art. II, §§ 13, 14, 15, and 18. ARGUMENT (Describe your legal claim and cite the law (cases, statutes, constitutional sections) that supports your position. Use plain language.) POINT 1: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ POINT 2: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ POINT 3: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (Attach additional sheets, if necessary.) REQUEST FOR RELIEF Defendant-petitioner requests that this Court issue its writ of certiorari to the district court, and: ( ) remand to the district court for a full hearing on the petition, OR ( ) reverse the conviction, OR ( ) remand to the district court to correct the sentence, OR ( ) (other) . Petitioner asks this Court to grant such relief as may be appropriate. As required by Rule 12-501 NMRA, I am filing only the original copy of this petition and I have attached the following: ( ) a copy of my petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in district court, AND ( ) a copy of the state’s response, if one was filed, AND ( ) a copy of the district court’s order. ( ) I have not attached the required documents because ______________________________________________________________________ and ask the Supreme Court to accept this petition without the attachments. Respectfully submitted, ________________________________ Defendant-Petitioner, pro se VERIFICATION STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF __________________ I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn upon my oath, state that I am the petitioner in this action. I have read the foregoing petition and know and understand its contents, and the information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. On ________________, _______ (date), I deposited this petition in the internal mail system of the institution in which I am confined, properly addressed with any necessary postage prepaid, for forwarding to the New Mexico Supreme Court at the following address: New Mexico Supreme Court P.O. Box 848 Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87504-0848. ________________________________ (Signature) ________________________________ (Address) ________________________________ PNM No., if applicable SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this _________________ day of _______________________, ________, by ________________________________ (Name of petitioner) ________________________________ Notary Public ________________________________ My Commission Expires: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of this petition was mailed to the Attorney General’s Office, P.O. Box 1508, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1508 on this __________ day of ________________. ________________________________ Defendant-Petitioner, pro se
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