0001|                       SENATE MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                       MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0011|                           A MEMORIAL
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0012|     RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JUSTICE STANLEY F. FROST TO NEW
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0013|     MEXICO.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, Justice Stanley F. Frost has served as a member of
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0016|     the New Mexico supreme court since 1991 and as a district court
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0017|     judge for nineteen years; and
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0018|       WHEREAS, Justice Frost received his bachelor's degree from
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0019|     New Mexico highlands university and his law degree from George
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0020|     Washington university and, after admission to the bar in 1967,
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0021|     he practiced law in Tucumcari; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, as district judge of the tenth judicial district,
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0023|     he was highly regarded throughout the state, being asked to
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0024|     preside over cases in twenty-four counties where local judges
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0025|     had been disqualified or recused; and
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0001|       WHEREAS, Justice Frost was appointed by Governor King in
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0002|     1991 to replace Justice Dan Sosa upon his retirement, and
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0003|     Justice Frost won the election in 1992 to a full eight-year
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0004|     term; and
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0005|       WHEREAS, due to personal reasons, he announced his
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0006|     retirement from the court effective May 31, 1996; and
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0007|       WHEREAS, Justice Frost has striven to build consensus and
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0008|     exercise even-handedness and fairness in all his deliberations;
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0009|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0010|     OF NEW MEXICO that best wishes be extended to Justice Frost for
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0011|     a fulfilling and rewarding life in retirement; and that
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0012|     appreciation and recognition for his unselfish services to the
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0013|     state of New Mexico, its law and its citizens be expressed; and
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0014|     that Justice Frost's dedication to the law and its fair
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0015|     administration be noted as a shining example of New Mexico's
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0016|     highest ideals and principles; and
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0017|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copies of this memorial be
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0018|     transmitted to Justice Frost and to the supreme court.
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