NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Should a jury be allowed to hear what a 19-year-old told doctors, after her newborn was found dead in a hospital trash can? That was the question in front of the New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday.

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In January 2023, medical staff at Artesia General Hospital told police they found the body of a newborn baby in a bathroom wrapped in a trash bag. Officers accompanied the staff when they told the mother. A district court ruled that the statement and others she made in front of the police wer

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