Publications

New Mexico DWI Benchbook Covers all aspects of DWI criminal proceedings in New Mexico, including elements of offenses, initial stops and arrests, field sobriety and blood alcohol tests, trial, sentencing, and related offenses; appendices contain case flowcharts, penalty charts, instructions for entering case documents into the court electronic tracking system, toxicology fact sheets, implied consent regulations, and DWI statutes and traffic ordinances.
http://jec.unm.edu/resources/benchbooks/dwi/index.htm

Checklists and Scripts Detailed judicial checklists and suggested scripts for various court proceedings, including arraignments, pretrial release, guilty pleas, plea agreements, trials and sentencing, tailored for different courts and applicable to DWI cases.
Magistrate Courts http://jec.unm.edu/resources/judicial_handbook/howto/index.htm
Municipal Courts http://jec.unm.edu/resources/benchbooks/municipal/ch_12.htm

Web-Based Distance Learning Programs

DWI Virtual Trial, Phase 1 Simulated DWI trial with video segments allowing the user, as judge, to make rulings that determine the course of the proceedings, including sentencing, with written feedback provided on all choices.
http://jectrials.unm.edu/dwitrial

DWI Virtual Trial, Phase 2 (in development) Simulated DWI scenarios involving more complex evidentiary and procedural issues, with interactive feedback provided on all rulings.

Sentencing Calculators

For Municipal Judges Interactive program allowing municipal judges to enter the type and level of DWI offense under city ordinance, leading to appropriate charts with mandatory and discretionary sentencing options.
http://jec.unm.edu/sentencing_calculators/dwi_municipal/calculator.htm

For Magistrate Judges Interactive program allowing magistrate judges to enter the type and level of DWI offense under state law, leading to appropriate charts with mandatory and discretionary sentencing options.
http://jec.unm.edu/sentencing_calculators/dwi_magistrate/calculator.htm

Process Flowcharts

Municipal DWI Flowchart Illustrates how a DWI case under city ordinance proceeds in municipal court from arrest to sentencing.
http://jec.unm.edu/resources/benchbooks/dwi/app_a3.htm

Magistrate DWI Flowchart Illustrates how a misdemeanor DWI case under state law proceeds in magistrate court from arrest to sentencing.
http://jec.unm.edu/resources/benchbooks/dwi/app_a2.htm

DWI in New Mexico Flowchart Illustrates in detail how a DWI case in all levels of court proceeds from arrest to sentencing, including driver’s license administrative proceedings and options.
http://ipl.unm.edu/traf/pubs/DWIFlowchart.pdf

Other Resources

Expert Witness Testimony Chart Explains the basis for admission of expert testimony, including the judge's role in assessing scientific validity (applicable to admission of drug toxicology and horizontal eye gaze nystagmus evidence in DWI cases).
http://jec.unm.edu/resources/expert-testimony.htm

New Mexico Criminal Case Summaries Brief summaries of opinions by the state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, including DWI cases, posted the same day the opinion is issued.
http://jec.unm.edu/resources/cases/criminal/criminal_current.htm

NASJE DUI Online Resource Center for the Judiciary on Impaired Driving Nationwide site developed by the New Mexico Judicial Education Center for the National Association of State Judicial Educators and funded by NHTSA, with links to online, print and video resources on all aspects of DUI cases for judges and judicial educators; searchable by keyword, title, author, topic, date, resource type, media type and affiliation (government, judicial, prosecution, defense, vendor and other); will be adapted specifically for New Mexico courts in 2004.
http://nasjedui.unm.edu/

New Mexico Traffic Safety Law Center
Up-to-date information on programs and laws on DWI and other traffic safety issues.
http://ipl.unm.edu/traf/