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2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 30-1-7 - Degrees of felonies.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 30-1-7 (2020)
Felonies under the Criminal Code are classified as follows:
A. capital felonies;
B. first degree felonies;
C. second degree felonies;
D. third degree felonies; and
E. fourth degree felonies.
A felony is a capital, first, second, third or fourth degree felony when it is so designated under the Criminal Code. A crime declared to be a felony, without specification of degree, is a felony of the fourth degree.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-1-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 1-7.
ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, "The Proposed New Mexico Criminal Code", see 1 Nat. Resources J. 122 (1961).
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