New Mexico § 30-22-6 Compounding a crime

New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-22-6 — Compounding a crime

New Mexico § 30-22-6

Ch. 30Criminal Offenses

Art. 22Interference with Law Enforcement

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-22-6 (2026).

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Compounding a crime consists of knowingly agreeing to take anything of value upon the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal a crime or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof. For purposes of this section, a person may be prosecuted and convicted of compounding a crime though the person guilty of the original crime has not been charged, indicted or tried. Whoever commits compounding a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Compounding a crime consists of knowingly agreeing to take anything of value upon the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal a crime or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof. For purposes of this section, a person may be prosecuted and convicted of compounding a crime though the person guilty of the original crime has not been charged, indicted or tried. Whoever commits compounding a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor.