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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Full offense but what the fuck was wrong with the jury
(26} On rebuttal argument, ADA Ripol reminded the jury that Montoya "pled guilty to all his charges and is gonna die in" the penitentiary. The district court judge then asked the parties to approach the bench and questioned ADA Ripol about whether that had been admitted into evidence, to which ADA Ripol acquiesced by 13 stating that he would "move forward." Starting back, ADA Ripol stated "we're not here, we don't need to prosecute [Montoya]." ADA Ripol's parting words to the jury immediately before they retired to deliberate was an admonishment to convict based upon the foul-smelling evidence the State displayed. He stated: You know, folks. Back in the 60s there was a saying: "karma is a bitch.' The choices that we make influence who and what we are. One of the poignant elements in this trial is that each and every one of us literally smelled the stench of death, caused by this woman, and that she took responsibility for. The stench of death that each and every one of us could smell, so that the court had to adjourn early because of the biohazard and the reek. We just didn't see and hear about death: we smelled it. And do you know who admitted? You do know who admitted to being responsible for the stench! Of death! That permeated this courtroom. [Defendant.] She owned up to responsibility. And when she had a chance to deny responsibility, was before you was left speechless. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the State demands, asks, requires that you go back and deliberate and find [Defendant] guilty for the stench of death that permeated this courtroom. Two hours later, the jury returned guilty verdicts as to all counts.
May 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
?????????????
{15) The remainder of the opening statement was similarly rife with hyperbole, grotesqueries, name-calling, and outlandish misstatements of what the evidence would show. ADA Ripol called Defendant "a worthless mother" and "a drug ho not my words!" Additionally, without evidence, ADA Ripol said that Defendant "had some boyfriends on the side over [at the Taos County Sheriff's Office]." ADA Ripol recounted florid details of an alleged confession-"Defendant's own admissions," as he called them-that Defendant personally strangled Morgas to death using twine. He told the jury that Defendant admitted to directing Montoya to burn the body and that "her own words" were, "take this shovel and cut off his head. Bash in his teeth so no one can identify the body!" ADA Ripol also told the jury that Defendant threw the shovel and head into the river. None of these allegations would conform to the evidence.
May 1, 2026 at 1:55 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Sorry what? Her menstrual blood?
C. Trial {11) Despite the State having removed Montoya from the witness list, ADA Ripol nevertheless used his opening statement to expose the jury to Montoya's incriminating allegations against Defendant. Bolstered with copious amounts of other inflammatory and inadmissible evidence, including allegations that Defendant was a "witch" and a "bruja" (a term for "witch" in Spanish) who controlled Montoya 5 through her menstrual blood, ADA Ripol embarked on a three-day-long exercise in pathos and character assassination that utterly deprived Defendant of a fair trial that is guaranteed by the New Mexico Constitution.
May 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
“The eyes went black. This is my honest testimony.” How did the jury not fall over laughing
{19} Following a brief cross-examination by defense counsel, in which Rodriguez described another of his supernatural encounters with Defendant, ADA Ripol asked 10 if Rodriguez remembered telling a police officer that Defendant's eyes had turned black. Rodriguez testified that it kind of was that kind of mood, like in a movie, you know, the eyes went black and then the room got heavy and it was like, the whole mood changed." ADA Ripol bolstered the witness by saying, "just so that the jury's clear, your testimony is as honest as it can be, as you can be today, correct?" Rodriguez agreed.
May 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
akivamcohen.bsky.social
This is the type of stuff that should get an attorney some serious bar discipline. (and the defense some required CLE hours and supervision) It won't. But it should.
The remainder of the opening statement was similarly rife with hyperbole, grotesqueries, name-calling, and outlandish misstatements of what the evidence would show. ADA Ripol called Defendant “a worthless mother” and “a drug ho—not my words!” Additionally, without evidence, ADA Ripol said that Defendant “had some boyfriends on the side over [at the Taos County Sheriff’s Office].” ADA Ripol recounted florid details of an alleged confession—“Defendant’s own admissions,” as he called them—that Defendant personally strangled Morgas to death using twine. He told the jury that Defendant admitted to directing Montoya to burn the body and that “her own words” were, “take this shovel and cut off his head. Bash in his teeth so no one can identify the body!” ADA Ripol also told the jury that Defendant threw the shovel and head into the river. None of these allegations would conform to the evidence. {16} ADA Ripol repeatedly told the jury to speculate about the time and manner of death, stating that the jury could not know whether Morgas was “just knocked out” when they “threw him into the grave, poured gasoline on him, and cooked him!” He questioned the jury: “Did . . . Morgas die while he was in the truck? . . . Did he die burning to death in agony? Did he die? When they cut off his head after he was burned and cooked? We don’t know!” Defense remained silent and did not object.
February 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Oh for sure man. It’s definitely not that you’re all hard and heavy drug users.
ADA Ripol: Describe how [Montoya] would act around her. Rodriguez: It was, it seemed to me like he was on autopilot. He was a different person when he was around her than he was by himself. He wasn't joking, he wasn't usually how people are with their friends—you joke around a little bit, they're smiling, a little bit of banter. He was not like that whenever he was with her. ADA Ripol: Did you have conversations with [Defendant] about magic? Rodriguez: Something about her practicing some magic and doing some spells about, her family had been into magic. But, I didn't really pay that much attention to it but I do recall having that conversation. ADA Ripol: And specifically, was there any conversation about menstrual blood? What she would do with it? Rodriguez: She did tell me a story once, um, to my recollection she said something about putting some menstrual blood in some food. ADA Ripol: In whose food? Rodriguez: [Montoya]'s. ADA Ripol: And did she indicate to you why she would put her menstrual blood in [Montoya]'s food? Rodriguez: Um, she didn't really indicate clearly. I didn't really ask clearly. It was a little bit out of my sphere of wanting to know, actually. It really grossed me out a little bit.
May 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
The classic evidence of intent: black eyes and wind in the hair.
3. Closing argument (25) In closing argument, ADA Ripol again raised the specter of Defendant's eyes "turn[ing] black with rage" and "like a movie, [t]he wind ... blowing through her hair in her fury" as supposed evidence of her intent to kill. ADA Ripol argued that the State had proven deliberate intention through evidence "that beating up [Morgas] was not enough. Because beating him up would make it worse for her and her continual legal problems"-evidence that was admitted only through an officer's description of Montoya's unconfronted hearsay statements to the police.
May 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
xavik.eurosky.social
El iman de ripol
February 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
akivamcohen.bsky.social
Anyway, then we go back to closing arguments based on the statements of the witness they didn't call.

And based on Defendant's silence at trial, apparently
{25}            In closing argument, ADA Ripol again raised the specter of Defendant’s eyes “turn[ing] black with rage” and “like a movie, [t]he wind . . . blowing through her hair in her fury” as supposed evidence of her intent to kill. ADA Ripol argued that the State had proven deliberate intention through evidence “that beating up [Morgas] was not enough. Because beating him up would make it worse for her and her continual legal problems”—evidence that was admitted only through an officer’s description of Montoya’s unconfronted hearsay statements to the police. On rebuttal argument, ADA Ripol reminded the jury that Montoya “pled guilty to all his charges and is gonna die in” the penitentiary. The district court judge then asked the parties to approach the bench and questioned ADA Ripol about whether that had been admitted into evidence, to which ADA Ripol acquiesced by stating that he would “move forward.” Starting back, ADA Ripol stated “we’re not here, we don’t need to prosecute [Montoya].” ADA Ripol’s parting words to the jury immediately before they retired to deliberate was an admonishment to convict based upon the foul-smelling evidence the State displayed. He stated: You know, folks. Back in the 60s there was a saying: ‘karma is a bitch.’ The choices that we make influence who and what we are. One of the poignant elements in this trial is that each and every one of us literally smelled the stench of death, caused by this woman, and that she took responsibility for. The stench of death that each and every one of us could smell, so that the court had to adjourn early because of the biohazard and the reek. We just didn’t see and hear about death: we smelled it. And do you know who admitted? You do know who admitted to being responsible for the stench! Of death! That permeated this courtroom. [Defendant.] She owned up to responsibility. And when she had a chance to deny responsibility, was before you was left speechless. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the State demands, asks, requires that you go back and deliberate and find [Defendant] guilty for the stench of death that permeated this courtroom. Two hours later, the jury returned guilty verdicts as to all counts.
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
alaforca.bsky.social
@antartica.bsky.social, "el iman de Ripol"!
alexsnclmnt.bsky.social Àlex @alexsnclmnt.bsky.social · Feb 13
Mohammed Houli Chemnal, l’únic terrorista supervivent de l’explosió d’Alcanar, acaba de confirmar en una compareixença al Congrés dels Diputats que el CNI tenia coneixement de les intencions de l'imam de Ripoll. És tan greu que no sé ni per on començar.
February 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
antartica.bsky.social
Si us plau no confondre amb la gòtica leprechaun de RIPOL.
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
craigtimes.bsky.social
Everybody say hippy -- er, I mean HAPPY birthday to the exceedingly flexible Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol, who's turning 49 today. No lie!
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February 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
alaforca.bsky.social
Al final tot es redueix a un xoc de civilitzacions: El vicari d'Olot vs "el imán de Ripol"
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Obviously the defense should have objected but why tf wasn’t the judge saying anything
1. Opening statement (12) In his opening statement, and over no objection by the defense, ADA Ripol told the jury that they were about to hear "a story," as he phrased it, of a strong, smart, determined, manipulative, vengeful, capable, controlling, resilient, cunning, human being with a profound drug problem-[Defendant]—who used a needy, insecure, physically strong, and potentially violent human being[Montoya]- -with a soul-he had a soul and a conscience-that he could not control, no matter how much cocaine and meth he used with her, to disguise the agony and the pain of the horrific homicide that she told him and assisted him to commit. (13) ADA Ripol then began his witchcraft accusations. He told the jury that the first witness would be Rodriguez, the owner of the drug house, who would testify that he watched Defendant's eyes turn "black. With fury. And rage. And it was like a Hollywood movie. He could feel the wind coming out of her." ADA Ripol stated that "in addition to her eyes turning black and the wind," Rodriguez would also testify "that [Montoya] was like a zombie when he was around her. And that [Defendant] suggested to ... Rodriguez on several occasions that she was a witch and that she would put menstrual blood concoctions into [Montoya's] food to control him." After a dramatic pause, ADA Ripol continued: "Joseph Morgas the son of | that grieving family back there—had to be eliminated by this wanna-be witch magic woman," whom he also called "this Cersei-right out of Game of Thrones." Defense never objected.
May 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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September 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Did the State do literally anything right here
{29} At every stage of trial-from opening statement through rebuttal argument- the prosecution grounded its case in inadmissible evidence. ADA Ripol used opening statements to expose the jury to incriminating allegations from a non-testifying codefendant, repeatedly accused Defendant of witchcraft, unnecessarily displayed foul-smelling physical evidence that had been attached to the remains of a burnt and buried body, and told the jury that the State "demands" and "requires" the jury to convict Defendant "for the stench of death that permeated this courtroom." The entire trial was filled with theatrics, hyperbole, and disparaging inflammatory statements, such that the extent of the misconduct cannot be fully conveyed in this opinion. In this analysis, we examine only the most egregious and dispositive misconduct.
May 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Your Honor how is the evidence going to show she controlled him with period witchcraft
{14} Even though ADA Ripol knew he would not call Montoya, he told the jury that "the State anticipates that you're going to hear from [Montoya] who manned up, pled guilty to murder one and other crimes, and took responsibility for these depraved actions that he did because he loved this woman," exclaiming that "this story is right out of the Bible!" At that point, and without objection from the defense, the district court judge asked both counsel to approach the bench to ensure ADA Ripol's opening statement reflected what he "believe[d] the evidence [will show]." ADA Ripol assured the district court judge that he understood but then, standing in the shoes of Montoya, exposed the jury to Montoya's incriminating allegations and would-be testimony. ADA Ripol said that Montoya felt so guilty about this homicide and was so anesthesizing himself with cocaine and methamphetamine from the horror of what he did at her instigation, that ... in his sense of betrayal and horror and fear and anger and more horror about what he did planned and wanted to kill her after he thought that she'd squealed on him, and kill himself. You're going to learn that he intentionally, he meaning [Montoya] bought an 8 ball of heroin to commit suicide with heroin. You will learn that [Montoya] was stripping his soul clean of the horrors of what he did for this wanna-be bruja, witch!
May 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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September 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
Someone on drugs was seeing little men? You’re telling me this for the first time.
ri l The State's case in chief (18) The State's first witness was Rodriguez, the owner of the drug house, who introduced witchcraft evidence. Rodriguez testified that when Defendant walked into his drug house, Rodriguez was getting high with Morgas and discussing "supernatural incidents," such as "little dwarfs or men ... in his house at night peeping out from the vents" and "moving things around." Morgas said something to Defendant that caused her to become angry. ADA Ripol asked Rodriguez to "describe for the jury her eyes." Rodriguez testified that "her eyes turned black.... Almost kind of like you see in a movie, you know, where the eyes are black. Wind. It felt almost like the wind was throwing back her hair. And the room became very heavy." ADA Ripol then elicited the following testimony:
May 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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September 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
“Egregious misconduct” in the opening statement lmao
(34} Simply put, it was egregious misconduct for ADA Ripol to expose the jury to Montoya's incriminating allegations without calling him as a witness in any manner. "The Government should not have the windfall of having the jury be influenced by evidence against a defendant which, as a matter of law, they should not consider but which they cannot put out of their minds." Bruton, 391 U.S. at 129 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). ADA Ripol's misconduct in exposing the jury to Montoya's incriminating statements in his opening statement while knowing that the State would not call him as a witness was so unfairly prejudicial and unreversible that it alone resulted in fundamental error. When the other instances of misconduct are added, the conclusion that fundamental error occurred is inescapable. 19 Having concluded that fundamental, reversible error resulted from prosecutorial misconduct, we now address whether retrial is barred under Article II, Section 15 of the New Mexico Constitution.
May 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
akivamcohen.bsky.social
She gets charged, and the state plans to use her husband as its star witness.

Slight problem: in addition to saying that she killed Morgas, the husband has also said that she had nothing to do with it and he only implicated her because he was angry at her
{9}                The State was represented by Assistant District Attorney Cosme Ripol (ADA Ripol) and a secondary prosecutor. The State built its pretrial case around Montoya’s statements. It included him on all witness lists, filed multiple subpoenas for his presence, submitted transport orders to have him brought to district court, and moved in limine to enter Montoya’s statements to law enforcement into evidence as statements in furtherance of a conspiracy, noting the State’s intent to call Montoya as the State’s final witness. The State also filed a separate motion in limine to treat Montoya as a hostile witness because Montoya had given conflicting statements about whether he or Defendant had killed Morgas, and Montoya had stated in a defense interview that he implicated Defendant “because he was mad at her.” ADA Ripol argued that “[b]ecause of Montoya’s tortured conscience, confused and tangled emotions and feelings toward [Defendant]—and the honor code of the institutionalized criminal mind—[Montoya] is a hostile witness who will lie to protect [Defendant].”
February 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
akivamcohen.bsky.social
Anyway, as they're heading to trial someone seems to have pulled the ADA into a room and said "you're fucking doing what?" about building their case entirely around the testimony of an already-recanted witness who was demonstrably and irrefutably willing to go to extremes to hurt the defendant
{10}            The State changed its strategy at the last minute. Montoya was omitted from the State’s second amended final witness list the day voir dire began. ADA Ripol announced to the district court that he and the secondary prosecutor had worked over the weekend to “totally reorganize[ ] how we’re going to prosecute . . . this case,” and they had concluded “that we do not—this is over the weekend—need [Montoya] and will not be calling him in our case in chief.” As a result, ADA Ripol informed the district court that he had released Montoya from his subpoena. The district court judge then announced the witness list for the defense to the prospective jurors from the bench, which did include Montoya.
February 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
“Montoya always treated her well” not sure that’s how I’d characterize it actually
{16) ADA Ripol repeatedly told the jury to speculate about the time and manner of death, stating that the jury could not know whether Morgas was "just knocked out" when they "threw him into the grave, poured gasoline on him, and cooked him!" He 8 questioned the jury: "Did ... Morgas die while he was in the truck? ... Did he die burning to death in agony? Did he die? When they cut off his head after he was burned and cooked? We don't know!" Defense remained silent and did not object. {17} Finally, ADA Ripol ended on a note of insinuation: "You will hear out of her own voice that prior to the night where [Montoya] tried to kill [Defendant], in his ... indescribable pain and agony.... that [Montoya] always treated her well... But that's gonna change here at trial, to be sure. You all know what you're dealing with. So folks, I appreciate your attention to this matter. This is the real deal."
May 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM