{"slug": "counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in", "title": "‘Counsel, Do You Watch The News?’: Lawyer Gets Benchslapped Over AI Hallucinations In Murder Appeal", "summary": "The New Mexico Supreme Court fined an attorney and referred the lawyer for disciplinary investigation after AI hallucinations were cited in a murder appeal, according to Above the Law. The court's rebuke included the remark, \"Counsel, Do You Watch The News?", "body_md": "The New Mexico Supreme Court imposed a fine and referred the attorney for disciplinary investigation.\n\nThe post ‘Counsel, Do You Watch The News?’: Lawyer Gets Benchslapped Over AI Hallucinations In Murder Appeal appeared first on Above the Law.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in", "canonical_source": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/09/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in-murder-appeal/", "published_at": "2026-09-14 17:01:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-14 17:26:45.834587+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["New Mexico Supreme Court", "Above the Law"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/counsel-do-you-watch-the-news-lawyer-gets-benchslapped-over-ai-hallucinations-in.jsonld"}}