A BILL NAMED AFTER AN ALBUQUERQUE TEEN WHO POLICE SAYS DIED AS A RESULT OF A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WILL BECOME LAW TOMORROW(WED). BILL SPONSOR NATE GENTRY SAYS “JAYDON’S LAW” ALLOWS JUDGES TO SEE A DEFENDANT’S JUVENILE CRIMINAL HISTORY. BUT GENTRY HE SAYS THE JUVENILE’S OFFENSE HAS TO BE SERIOUS AND VIOLENT … LIKE MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER.
THE BILL WAS NAMED AFTER JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE AT A PARTY IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
