A Farmington man accused of forcing his 15-year-old autistic daughter to live outside in a chicken coop has requested through his attorney that the case against him be dismissed.
Jammy Jackson, 60, was charged with 14 felony counts including child abuse and conspiracy to commit child abuse. He was arrested Feb. 18 along with the-late Patricia Madrid, who allegedly was a co-conspirator of the abuse.
Madrid was shot and killed Feb. 26, 2025, outside of her home. Her former brother-in-law, Matthew Lee Sandoval, was charged with first-degree murder and is awaiting a weeklong trial set to begin Dec. 7 in the 11th Judicial District Courtroom of Judge Stephen Wayne.
Jackson reportedly suffered three strokes, the last on April 11, which reportedly resulted in substantial physical and cognitive impairment.
Defense attorney Kimberly Simmons petitioned the court on May 19 for a dismissal of all charges in connection with the alleged abuse of Jackson’s daughter.
Madrid and Jackson allegedly abused the teenage girl from November 2023 through Sept. 15, 2024. The abuse ended only after the girl, who reportedly suffers from autism, ADHD and fetal alcohol syndrome, reported to her maternal grandmother that she was being abused at the family home in the 1100 block of North Auburn Avenue.
The alleged abuse reportedly occurred during summer and winter, at times during extreme heat or extreme cold and without protection from the weather, according to the 24-page arrest affidavit.
Madrid and Jackson allegedly conspired through text messages to keep the girl locked in a chicken coop while being “required to wear earmuffs and a blindfold.” She also was “required to stand” from about 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, the affidavit states.
In the coop she said she endured “biting flies, bees, spiders and mosquitos,” the affidavit states. She also reportedly was “whipped with a metal studded belt,” according to the affidavit.
The couple allegedly began locking her up after she used the bathroom without their permission and was accused of “stealing water again,” the affidavit said.
The affidavit also alleges that Jackson put a “gun against her head and said he didn’t mind killing someone,” and that “he didn’t care to go to jail, and it was no different from killing an animal.”
His attorney Kimberly Simmons told the court that since the stroke, her client’s “ability to communicate, process information, recall facts and meaningfully assist” in defense drastically declined.
Simmons in the motion to dismiss said that she was seeking medical records to clarify Jackson’s condition.
Court records show that multiple subpoenas have been issued to medical facilities including San Juan Regional Medical Center, UNM Hospital, San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Hospital and San Juan Care Center. The subpoenas are sealed, so the content of the documents is not public record.
During an Aug. 24 status hearing in front of Wayne, Simmons reported an investigator visited Jackson and the man could only “grunt in response to questions.”
She also said that San Juan Care Center “had an issue” with one of the subpoenas, and she filed a new one.
Simmons also told the court that the “treating doctor will work” with the San Juan County District Attorney’s Office to set up a pretrial interview.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Brian Decker told the court that the state “may wind up asking for a competency evaluation with records,” as that might be “a more appropriate route.”
Decker told the Tri-City Record his office opposes the motion to dismiss charges.
Judge Wayne said he would keep is eye out for the appropriate court documents and set another status conference for 8 a.m. Oct. 19 in his courtroom in Aztec.
dmayeux@tricityrecordnm.com
