New Mexico appeals court to hear assisted suicide case
Source: Associated Press
New Mexico appeals court to hear assisted suicide case
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Associated Press
January 23, 2015 Updated 15 minutes ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Court of Appeals is set to hear a case that may allow some terminally ill patients in the state to end their lives.
The court is scheduled Monday to hear arguments in a case involving a Santa Fe resident with advanced uterine cancer.
Last year, Second Judicial District Judge Nan Nash ruled that the New Mexico Constitution prohibits the state from depriving a person of life, liberty or property without due process.
Nash also ruled that doctors could not be prosecuted under the state's assisted suicide law, which classifies helping with suicide as a fourth-degree felony.
The New Mexico Attorney General's Office, under former Attorney General Gary King, appealed the case.
The state appeals court could take six months to year to issue a final ruling.
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