N.M. R. Crim. P. Dist. Ct. 5-102
N.M. R. Crim. P. Dist. Ct. 5-102
ANNOTATIONS The 2016 amendment, approved by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-015, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2016, provided for the periodic review of local rules every two years and for recommendations to the Supreme Court for any proposed changes that may be warranted; in Paragraph A, in the introductory paragraph, after "Each district court", deleted "by action of the judge of such court, or of a majority of the judges thereof", after "chair of the Supreme Court's", deleted "Rules of Criminal Procedure for the District Courts" and added "Local Rules", after "rules or statutes. The", deleted "criminal procedure", and after "Following", deleted "such" and added "the"; in Subparagraph A(3), after "published", deleted "in the bar bulletin or in the judicial volumes of the NMSA 1978" and added "in accordance with Rule 23-106(L)(9) and (10) NMRA"; in Paragraph C, after "Rule 5-103.2", deleted "of these rules" and added "NMRA"; and added Paragraph D. The 1999 amendment, effective April 1, 1999, rewrote the rule delineating the review duties of the Rules of Criminal Procedure for the District Courts Committee. The second 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, made identical changes as the first 1997 amendment. The first 1997 amendment, effective January 1, 1997, substituted "Approval procedure" for "Rules" in the paragraph heading in Paragraph A, and added Paragraph C. The 1991 amendment, effective for local district court rules governing practice and procedure in criminal cases which are amended on or after September 1, 1991, rewrote Paragraph A.