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Section 20-12-58 – Arson.

A. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who willfully and maliciously burns or sets on fire an inhabited dwelling or any other structure, movable or immovable, wherein to the knowledge of the offender there is at the time a human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and shall be punished as a court-martial […]

Section 20-12-59 – Assault.

A. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who attempts or offers with unlawful force or violence to do bodily harm to another person, whether or not the attempt or offer is consummated, is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. B. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA […]

Section 20-12-60 – Extortion.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who communicates threats to another person with the intention thereby to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage or immunity is guilty of extortion and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-60, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 59. […]

Section 20-12-61 – Burglary.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under Sections 20-12-49 through 20-12-60 NMSA 1978 breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-61, enacted by Laws […]

Section 20-12-62 – Housebreaking.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who unlawfully enters the building or structure of another with intent to commit a criminal offense therein is guilty of housebreaking and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-62, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 61. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — […]

Section 20-12-47 – Drunken or reckless driving.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who operates any vehicle while drunk, or in a reckless or wanton manner, or while impaired by a substance described in Section 20-12-66 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-47, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 46. ANNOTATIONS […]

Section 20-12-63 – Perjury.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly: A. upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or B. in […]

Section 20-12-48 – Drunk on duty.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 other than a sentinel or look-out who is found drunk on duty shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-48, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 47. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, […]

Section 20-12-64 – Frauds against the United States.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978: A. who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent: (1) makes any claim against the United States or any officer thereof; or (2) presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the United States or any officer […]

Section 20-12-37 – Forcing a safeguard.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who forces a safeguard shall suffer death or other punishment as a court-martial may direct. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-37, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 36. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. […]