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2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 22 - Interference with Law Enforcement
Section 30-22-26 - Assisting in assault upon peace officer. (1971)
NM Stat § 30-22-26 (2013) What's This?
30-22-26. Assisting in assault upon peace officer. (1971)
A. Every person who assists or is assisted by one or more other persons to commit a battery upon any peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
B. This section is designed to protect officers from assaults and batteries by multiple assailants while quelling riots and other unlawful assemblages.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-22-25, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 265, § 6.
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