New Mexico Statutes
§ 30-2-8 — When homicide is excusable or justifiable defendant to be
New Mexico § 30-2-8
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-2-8 (2026).
Text
acquitted. Whenever any person is prosecuted for a homicide, and upon his trial the killing shall be found to have been excusable or justifiable, the jury shall find such person not guilty and he shall be discharged.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40A-2-9, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 2-9.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 30-2-8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/30/30-2-8.