A MONTH AFTER CHARGES WERE FILED BY THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL, A STATE DISTRICT JUDGE HAS AGREED TO HEAR THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO JUDGE SARAH SINGLETON. SEVEN OTHER JUDGES HAD EARLIER RECUSED THEMSELVES.
GRIEGO, A SAN JOSE DEMOCRAT, IS ACCUSED OF USING HIS POSITION AS A SENATOR TO MAKE MONEY IN A REAL ESTATE DEAL…AND FAILING TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION.
