Albuquerque Journal · May 5, 2022
Ex-Lobo Caldwell’s case dismissed; prosecution’s error blamed
New Mexico’s J.J. Caldwell knocks the ball out of New Mexico State Aggie Jabari Rice’s hands in the Lobos’ 69-62 over the Aggies on, Dec. 14, 2019. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)More than two years after a woman came forward alleging a former University of New Mexico men’s basketball player she had been dating had physically abused her, a prosecutorial mistake discovered ahead of his trial led to this case being dismissed this week in an Albuquerque court room.