Charges To Be Temporarily Dismissed Against Judge Murdoch

From KOAT-TV.com - SANTA FE, N.M. -- Albuquerque police confirm that the Santa Fe District Attorney Angela Pacheco plans to temporarily dismiss the rape and intimidation of a witness charges against former Bernalillo County Judge Pat Murdoch. Police said the district attorney’s office has 60 days to take the case to a grand jury from the time he was charged or the case gets thrown out. However, Albuquerque police said the investigation is too complicated and it will be difficult to meet the deadline. So for now, the Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office will soon temporarily dismiss the case and re-file the charges at a later date. Second Judicial District Attorney Kari Brandenburg had asked Pacheco to become the special prosecutor in the case against Murdoch. Murdoch was arrested in July on charges of criminal sexual penetration and intimidation of a witness. Read more