By Roger Lanse

On Jan. 17, 2017, Jim Foy, defense attorney for 6th Judicial District Attorney Francesca Estevez, called the New Mexico Attorney General's accusation that Estevez used a state-owned vehicle for personal use on June 11, 2016, a ruse.

Foy told The Beat that in the six years he was district attorney in Grant County he drove his state-owned vehicle Gǣeverywhere I went.Gǥ GǣMany times I was woken up at 3 a.m. to go to a murder or other crime scene,Gǥ Foy said. Foy continued saying it's not unusual for district attorneys to use their official vehicle all the time because they never know when they will be required to act in an official capacity - Gǣthey're on 24/7.Gǥ

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