State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Shanah Chadwick-McNally, Defendant-Appellant.

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed that death‑penalty procedures, including Rule 5‑704 and the Ogden hearing requirement, do not apply to a capital‑felony case seeking life without parole, that the statute precludes mitigating evidence, and that the mandatory LWOP sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment. It remanded for further proceedings consistent with this holding.