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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 31 - Controlled Substances
Section 30-31-27 - Bar to prosecution.
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NM Stat § 30-31-27 (2019)
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If a violation of the Controlled Substances Act is a violation of a federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality, a conviction or acquittal under federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality for the same act is a bar to prosecution.
History: 1953 Comp., § 54-11-27, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 27.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy, see N.M. Const., art. II, § 15.
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