N.M. Stat. § 30-1-7

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 30-1-7 - Degrees of felonies

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.

NMS § 30-1-7

1953 Comp., § 40A-1-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 1-7.