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Date: 06-10-2018
Case Style:
United States of America v. Anthony Phillips
District of New Mexico Courthouse - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Case Number: 1:17-cr-00837-MV-1
Judge: Martha Vazquez
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Elisa Christine Dimas
Defendant's Attorney: Mallory Margaret Gagan - FPD
Description: Albuquerque, NM - Acoma Pueblo Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Assault Conviction
Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women
Anthony Phillips, 28, an enrolled member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced on June 8, 2018 in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his conviction on an assault charge. Phillips will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
Phillips was arrested on March 30, 2017, on an indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury on Jun 19, 2016, on the Acoma Indian Reservation in Cibola County, N.M.
On Oct. 13, 2017, Phillips pled guilty to the indictment and admitted that on June 19, 2016, on the Acoma Indian Reservation, he assaulted a Laguna Pueblo woman by wrapping his arms around her, kicking her legs out from under her, and taking her to the ground and handcuffing her. The victim suffered an avulsion facture to her knee and a torn ACL as the result of the assault.
This case was investigated by the Laguna/Acoma Agency of the BIA Office of Justice Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elisa C. Dimas prosecuted the case pursuant to the Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Tribal SAUSA) Pilot Project in the District of New Mexico, which is sponsored by the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women under a grant administered by the Pueblo of Laguna. The Tribal SAUSA Pilot Project seeks to train tribal prosecutors in federal law, procedure and investigative techniques to increase the likelihood that every viable violent offense against Native women is prosecuted in either federal court or tribal court, or both. The Tribal SAUSA Pilot Project was largely driven by input gathered from annual tribal consultations on violence against women, and is another step in the Justice Department's on-going efforts to increase engagement, coordination and action on public safety in tribal communities.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
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