I didn't see a party affiliation stated, so he must be Democrat.
Posted on 09/02/2004 11:34:04 PM PDT by dread78645
BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) - A well-known former judge pleaded guilty on Thursday to cocaine possession and aggravated driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation.
"I feel embarrassed and humiliated as a result of my actions," former Judge John Brennan told retired state District Judge George Perez, who accepted the pleas.
Perez granted a conditional discharge to the cocaine possession charge, which means it will be removed from Brennan's record if he successfully completes probation. The DWI charge will remain on Brennan's record.
Brennan, a chief judge of the state district court in Bernalillo County for two decades, was arrested near a DWI checkpoint on May 29 in Albuquerque.
His blood-alcohol level tested at 0.169 percent - more twice the legal limit - and he also tested positive for cocaine, District Attorney Henry Valdez said.
A few days later he apologized, acknowledging full responsibility. In July, he resigned.
Perez also required Brennan to wear an electronic bracelet for two days of home confinement and to attend a first-offender DWI program.
Brennan was stoic during the hearing. Asked how he pleaded, he looked straight at the judge and said, "Guilty, your honor."
He apologized to his family, saying, "I think they really suffered and it hurt them."
Brennan also said drugs or alcohol never affected his work on the bench.
Tim Padilla, his attorney, said his client spent 60 days in a treatment program at the Betty Ford Center in California and currently is undergoing weekly followup with a psychiatrist. The judge ordered Brennan to undergo monthly drug tests during the probation.
Former Commission on Higher Education program director Patricia Mattioli, who was with Brennan on the night of his arrest, pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of cocaine. Perez sentenced her to one year of unsupervised probation, continued treatment and monthly drug testing.
No, don't think so. It IS NM, afterall.
I didn't see a party affiliation stated, so he must be Democrat.
If it was anyone else they would see the inside of a jail.
Bold back scratchers for sure.
Mi case es su casa.
Any wonder the RAT gov of NM welcomed the TX sock puppets. NM voters need to wake up and smell the fertilizer.
This has been an open secret for over a decade. That's WTFWNM!
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