State v. Maestas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that when the Legislature enacts a statute, it is presumed that the Legislature is aware of existing statutes
• “Unless ambiguity exists, this Court must adhere to the plain meaning of the language.”
• “[O]ur case law demonstrates that we diverge from the plain meaning of a statute to avoid an absurd result only when it is clear that the legislature did not intend such a result.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

58 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Arrendondo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2012-05-07· cited 182×
• Marbob Energy Corp. v. New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2009-03-11· cited 107×
• State v. Tafoya
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2010-04-28· cited 83×
• State v. Padilla
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-01-08· cited 75×
• State v. Boyse
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-06-10· cited 62×
• Campos v. Bravo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2007-04-05· cited 54×
• State v. Baroz
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2017-10-05· cited 47×
• State v. Silva
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-08-20· cited 44×
• State v. Stevens
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2014-04-07· cited 43×
• State v. Suazo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2017-01-26· cited 41×
• N.M. Atty. Gen. v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-08-29· cited 29×
• Ortiz v. Overland Express
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2010-04-30· cited 28×
• State v. Trujillo
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2012-05-24· cited 28×
• Jones v. Murdoch
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 27×
• Diamond v. Diamond
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2012-07-02· cited 25×
• Chavez v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2021-11-15· cited 19×
• State v. Adams
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2021-12-16· cited 18×
• Albuquerque Commons P'ship v. City Council
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2011-01-03· cited 17×
• State v. Marquez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-09-03· cited 17×
• Cordova v. Cline
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2017-05-22· cited 17×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Cunningham
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2000-03-09· cited 761×
• Crooks v. Harrelson
  Supreme Court· 1930-11-24· cited 616×
• State v. Barber
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2004-05-19· cited 344×
• State Ex Rel. Helman v. Gallegos
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 289×
• State v. Ortega
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-09-03· cited 155×
• State v. Davis
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-05-28· cited 144×
• State v. Cleve
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-03-11· cited 125×
• State v. Nance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-10-10· cited 119×
• State v. Johnson
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-10-01· cited 72×
• Incorporated County of Los Alamos v. Johnson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1989-06-27· cited 55×
• Perea v. Baca
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-07-14· cited 52×
• State v. Johnson
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1984-09-11· cited 36×
• Manlove v. Sullivan
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1989-05-16· cited 35×
• Compton v. Lytle
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-11-05· cited 32×
• Weiland Ex Rel. Weiland v. Vigil
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1977-01-11· cited 22×
• STATE JUDICIAL STANDARDS COM'N v. Espinosa
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-07-02· cited 21×
• US Xpress v. Taxation and Revenue Dept.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2006-04-13· cited 21×
• State ex rel. New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission v. Espinosa
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-07-02· cited 19×
• Varoz v. New Mexico Board of Podiatry
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1986-07-25· cited 15×
• National Council on Compensation Insurance v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 11×