Original New Mexico mock trial cases are described below. Each case is ready for classroom use and is easily adaptable for use in other state mock trial programs, and may be used provided This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is obtained in advance and an appropriate credit to CCV is reflected in the adaptation. The case name and subject matter in the left-hand column below. A brief description of the case appears to the right of each case name. Case materials and videos or DVDs of prior national championship final rounds are also available by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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State vs. Barry |
The trial of a young woman who is charged with homicide by vehicle in the death of her baby. The child was delivered two months prematurely after Julie rolled the vehicle she was driving while under the influence of alcohol. Includes supplemental materials for teaching about teen pregnancy and DUI issues. |
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State vs. Nussbaum |
A first degree murder prosecution of a woman who killed the husband who allegedly abused her for years. Includes supplemental materials for teaching about domestic and teen dating violence. |
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Johnson vs. Brewster, Hays & White Aryan Separatist Party Racism & Hate Crimes Grades 9-12 (2004, 1996) |
A civil wrongful death suit against a neo-Nazi hate group and its leader for the murder of an African American youth by a gang of skinheads the hate group was recruiting using White Supremacy web site and literature. Includes supplemental materials for teaching about racism and hate-related violence. |
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State vs. Taylor |
The prosecution of a high school security officer who shot, allegedly in self defense, a suspected teen gang member after a high school football game. The guard is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and negligent use of a firearm. |
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State vs. Townsend |
The murder trial of a restaurateur who is charged with killing a former employee who was homeless, allegedly because she was going to report him to the health authorities for supplementing his famous all beef green chile cheeseburgers with horsemeat. |
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State vs. Sands |
The sentencing phase of a capital murder trial in which the defendant, Jordan Sands, was found guilty of the murder of a police officer who was on duty at an abortion clinic protest. The protest organizer and her two-year old grand child were also killed. Three months before the shootings, Sands' mother, a doctor who worked at the clinic, was killed in a bombing when she arrived at work. |
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State vs. Chris Jenkins, MD |
The trial of a doctor who is charged with the first degree felony of coercing and/or exerting undue influence upon a cancer patient who died of a lethal overdose of pain medication, prescribed by the doctor. In preparing for trial, participating students and teachers will confront the highly-controversial issue of physician-assisted suicide. Includes supplemental materials for teaching about "right to die" issues. |
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State vs. Parker |
The sentencing phase of the capital murder trial of a 17-year-old, severely abused as a child, who killed a homeowner during a botched residential burglary. |
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State vs. Garrett |
The vehicular homicide prosecution of a teenager who allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian with a car while driving intoxicated. |
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McMann vs. Wapa County School Board |
A suit for an injunction to prevent a high school from removing an AIDS-infected teenager from the school's basketball team. |
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Duran vs. Boswell School Board |
A suit for an injunction to prevent a high school from expelling a teenager for possession of allegedly obscene materials discovered in a random search of student lockers. |
