The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled prosecutors cannot use key evidence in the case of an Artesia teenager accused of killing her newborn baby. SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled prosecutors cannot use key evidence in the case of an Artesia teenager accused of killing her newborn baby. “The Supreme Court ruled again today, and they ruled before that the doctor-patient privilege is alive and well in New Mexico,” Mitchell said. Keep in mind police were in the room when they were conducting a vaginal exam in this case,” Mitchell said. We opposed the motion to suppress evidence in good faith and have now received the ruling from the Supreme Court.