New Mexico Statutes
§ 31-20-11 — Credit for time pending appellate review
New Mexico § 31-20-11
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-20-11 (2026).
Text
A person convicted of a felony in the district court and held in official confinement while awaiting the outcome of an appeal, writ of error to, or writ of certiorari from, a state or federal appellate court or prior to his release as a result of postconviction proceedings or habeas corpus, shall be given credit for the period spent in confinement against any sentence finally imposed for that offense.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40A-29-24, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 221, § 1; and
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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 § 31-20-11, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/31/31-20-11.