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Supreme court issues fine to lawyer for using ChatGPT in murder trial

The unethical use of AI in law is something of an irony.
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The unethical use of AI in law is something of an irony.
The New Mexico Supreme Court has fined an attorney $5,000 and referred him to disciplinary review after he filed an AI-generated brief containing fabricated witnesses and testimony in a murder appeal. The case underscores the legal and ethical risks of submitting unverified AI content in court.

The New Mexico Supreme Court recently held Santa Fe attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt after he submitted an appellate brief containing testimony and witnesses invented by ChatGPT. Last year, Aarons was defending a client convicted of murder when he used the chatbot to condense trial records, only to file the resulting document without any prior proofreadi

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Jacob Fisher, 2026-09-11 (Update: 2026-09-11)