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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