New judge officially takes office on the New Mexico Court of Appeals

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A new judge will be on the bench of the New Mexico Court of Appeals after taking office on Wednesday. Judge Kristopher Houghton is a U.S. Air Force Reservist who earned his law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law and served as an attorney for the United States Department of Justice for more than a decade.

World War II vet takes ride in same-style aircraft he once flew ahead of 100th birthday

On Wednesday, he donned the robes of the late New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Daniels, whom he clerked for from 2008 to 2010.

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