Unlawful rescue.

  1. Law
  2. New Mexico Statutes
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. Interference with Law Enforcement
  5. Unlawful rescue.

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Unlawful rescue consists of intentionally, and without lawful authority, rescuing any person lawfully in custody or confinement.

Whoever commits unlawful rescue of a person charged with or convicted of a crime not constituting a capital felony, or who is charged with but not convicted of a capital felony, is guilty of a third degree felony.

Whoever commits unlawful rescue of an individual convicted of a capital felony is guilty of a first degree felony.

History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-22-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 22-7.

ANNOTATIONS

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 27 Am. Jur. 2d Escape, Prison Breaking, and Rescue § 5.

30A C.J.S. Escape and Related Offenses; Rescue § 28 et seq.


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