A STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHOSE SON IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IS RESIGNING FROM THE LEGISLATURE. THE ABQ JOURNAL REPORTS STEPHANIE MAEZ WANTS TO FOCUS ON HER FAMILY. 18 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MAEZ HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER IN JUNE. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION, WHICH APPOINTED MAEZ TO THE LEGISLATURE LAST DECEMBER, WILL NOW PICK HER SUCCESSOR.
