New Mexico Constitution

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

New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 21

New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 21 (Judges as conservators of the peace; preliminary examinations in criminal cases) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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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.)