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Article VI, § 21 — Judges as conservators of the peace; preliminary examinations in criminal cases

New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 21

This text of New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 21 (Judges as conservators of the peace; preliminary examinations in criminal cases) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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N.M. Const. art. VI, § 21.

Full Text

Justices of the supreme court, in the state, and district judges and magistrates, in their respective jurisdictions, shall be conservators of the peace. District judges and other judges or magistrates designated by law may hold preliminary examinations in criminal cases.

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History

(As amended November 8, 1966.)

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