2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 22 - Interference with Law Enforcement
Section 30-22-16 - Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 30-22-16 (2017)

30-22-16. Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner.

Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner in lawful custody consists of any inmate of a penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch possessing any deadly weapon or explosive substance.

Whoever commits possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner is guilty of a second degree felony.

History: 1953 Comp., 40A-22-15, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, 22-15; 1986, ch. 4, 1.

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