No attorney-at-law, who is at the time a partner of any district attorney, or the father, son or brother of a district attorney, shall defend in any court any person charged with any criminal offense, or appear in any civil action against the state in which it is the duty of such district attorney to prosecute or appear for the state. A violation of the provisions of this act [section] shall be grounds for disbarment.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 172, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 18-119; 1953 Comp., § 18-1-19.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For limitation on private practice of district attorneys, see 36-1-4 NMSA 1978.