Of the 14 times the CNMI Supreme Court reviewed Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho\u2019s rulings, the high court reversed or vacated his decision-making 12 times, according to the Office of the Attorney General\u2019s evaluation on the criminal appellate record. <\/p>\n
Camacho said the OAG list was \u201cincorrect and incomplete.\u201d <\/p>\n
According to OAG\u2019s evaluation obtained by Saipan Tribune yesterday, since June 25, 2014 the Supreme Court decided 29 criminal cases and that 14 of those were Camacho\u2019s cases.<\/p>\n
A source from the OAG said this means that in the 2 1\/2-year period since the high court first reviewed Camacho\u2019s decisions, it has spent 48.28 percent of its time reviewing his decision-making.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is roughly half of its time dedicated to reviewing the decision making of one out of the five judges,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n
By comparison, according to OAG\u2019s evaluation, the high court reviewed then-associate judge David A. Wiseman nine times (31 percent), and three others\u2014Associate Judges Kenneth L. Govendo, Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja, and then-Associate Judge Perry B. Inos\u2014were reviewed twice each (6.9 percent). <\/p>\n
Associate Judge Theresa Kim-Tenorio was reviewed zero times.<\/p>\n
Of the 29 criminal cases, according to OAG\u2019s evaluation, the high court reversed or otherwise vacated all or a portion of any Superior Court judge\u2019s decision 17 times.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the source said, Camacho\u2019s reversals account for 70.59 percent of all such reversals in this jurisdiction since June 25, 2014.<\/p>\n
OAG evaluates the criminal appellate record of judges who are up for retention on the bench. Camacho ascended to the bench in November 2011. He is seeking retention this Nov. 8 election.<\/p>\n
OAG evaluated only criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court on or after June 25, 2014 to today\u2019s date since that is the first opportunity the high court had to evaluate one of Camacho\u2019s cases.<\/p>\n
It means that OAG did not look at decisions from 2012 and 2013 because the high court had not begun reviewing Camacho\u2019s decisions those years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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