Degrees of felonies.

1. Law
2. New Mexico Statutes
3. Criminal Offenses
4. General Provisions
5. 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.

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

ANNOTATIONS

Law reviews. — For article, "The Proposed New Mexico Criminal Code", see 1 Nat. Resources J. 122 (1961).

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