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2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 22 - Interference with Law Enforcement
Section 30-22-7 - Unlawful rescue. (1963)
NM Stat § 30-22-7 (2013) What's This?
30-22-7. Unlawful rescue. (1963)
Unlawful rescue consists of intentionally, and without lawful authority, rescuing any person lawfully in custody or confinement.
Whoever commits unlawful rescue of a person charged with or convicted of a crime not constituting a capital felony, or who is charged with but not convicted of a capital felony, is guilty of a third degree felony.
Whoever commits unlawful rescue of an individual convicted of a capital felony is guilty of a first degree felony.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-22-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 22-7.
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