A. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
B. Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-57, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 56.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1989.