New Mexico Statutes
§ 31-20-12 — Credit for time prior to conviction
New Mexico § 31-20-12
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-20-12 (2026).
Text
A person held in official confinement on suspicion or charges of the commission of a felony shall, upon conviction of that or a lesser included offense, be given credit for the period spent in presentence confinement against any sentence finally imposed for that offense.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40A-29-25, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 221, § 2; and
Nearby Sections
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§ 31-1-1
Short title§ 31-1-2
Definitions§ 31-1-3
Method of prosecution§ 31-1-5
Procedures on arrest; reports§ 31-11-1
Stay of execution; release§ 31-11-6
Post-conviction remedy§ 31-12-10
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 31-20-12, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/31-20-12.