PORTALES, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico courtroom just got too heated to continue. Literally.
The Portales News-Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/sSDiig ) that high temperatures Monday forced the Ninth Judicial District Court offices in Portales to vacate.
District Chief Judge Drew Tatum said he received a call from a judge about the unbearable high temperatures in the courtroom during her jury selection due to a broken air conditioning system.
Tatum says temperatures hit near 100 degrees in the clerk’s office and 90 in the courtroom.
Jury selection will be postponed until the problem is fixed.
Two weeks ago, the courthouse offices were relocated to the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds while remediation was being done to clean the courthouse after eight types of mold were discovered in the 76-year-old building by a private lab consultant.
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Information from: Portales News-Tribune, https://www.pntonline.com
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