A Santa Fe attorney used ChatGPT to summarize trial proceedings while preparing an appeal brief for a client convicted of murder, then filed the brief without verifying its contents. The brief cited fabricated police testimony from witnesses who did not exist. New Mexico’s Supreme Court held the attorney in direct contempt in a September 9, 2026 order, fined him $5,000, and referred him to the state’s attorney disciplinary board for failing to inform his client of the errors.