Section 31-21-7 – Duties of director.
The director shall: A. provide probation and parole services and supervise probationers and parolees; B. assign officers to serve in each judicial district. Selection and assignment of officers to each judicial district shall be made by the director; C. obtain office quarters for the staff in each district as necessary; D. assign the secretarial, bookkeeping […]
Section 31-21-8 – Director to administer interstate compacts relating to convicts on probation and parole.
The director is the administrator of interstate compacts relating to convicts on probation and parole. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-21.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 33, § 1; 1977, ch. 257, § 57. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For note, “Due Process, Equal Protection and the New Mexico Parole System,” see 2 N.M.L. Rev. 234 (1972).
Section 31-20A-2 – Capital felony; determination of sentence.
If a jury finds, beyond a reasonable doubt, that one or more aggravating circumstances exist, as enumerated in Section 31-20A-5 NMSA 1978, the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole. If the jury does not make the finding that one or more aggravating circumstances exist, the defendant shall be […]
Section 31-20A-2.1 – Repealed.
History: 1978 Comp., § 31-20A-2.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 30, § 1; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5 repealed 31-20A-2.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 30, § 1, relating to the prohibition against capital punishment of mentally retarded persons, effective […]
Section 31-20A-3 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 4; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5 repealed 31-20A-3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 4, relating to court sentencing in death sentences, effective July 1, 2009. For provisions of former section, see the […]
Section 31-20A-4 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 5; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5 repealed 31-20A-4 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 5, relating to automatic review by supreme court of death sentences, effective July 1, 2009. For provisions of former […]
Section 31-20A-5 – Aggravating circumstances.
The aggravating circumstances to be considered by the sentencing court or jury pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-20A-2 NMSA 1978 are limited to the following: A. the victim was a peace officer who was acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty when he was murdered; B. the murder was committed with intent […]
Section 31-20A-6 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 7; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 11, § 5 repealed 31-20A-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 150, § 7, relating to mitigating circumstances, effective July 1, 2009. For provisions of former section, see the 2008 NMSA 1978 […]
Section 31-21-1 – [Construction of statutory provisions prescribing term of imprisonment; maximum or minimum.]
In all penal statutes of the state where by the terms of such statutes a definite punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary is prescribed the time of such imprisonment in such statute shall be construed to be the maximum of imprisonment, unless such statutes expressly provide that such time is the minimum. History: Laws 1909, […]
Section 31-21-2 – Clothing, money and transportation furnished to prisoners on release from correctional facility.
Upon the release of any prisoner from a correctional facility of the corrections department: A. the superintendent shall provide him with suitable clothing as required and: (1) in the case of release on parole, transportation to his place of employment if within this state, or if not within this state, then to any place within […]