2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30: Criminal Offenses
Article 22: Interference with Law Enforcement, 30-22-1 through 30-22-27
Section 30-22-11.2: Aggravated escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department.
30-22-11.2. Aggravated escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department.
Aggravated escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department consists of any person who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and has been committed lawfully to the custody of a department juvenile justice facility or who is alleged to be a delinquent child and has been lawfully detained in a juvenile detention facility:
A. escaping or attempting to escape from custody within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility and committing assault or battery on another person in the course of escaping or attempting to escape; or
B. escaping or attempting to escape from a lawful place of custody or confinement that is not within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility and committing assault or battery on another person in the course of escaping or attempting to escape.
Any person who commits aggravated escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
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