N.M. Stat. § 35-8-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 35-8-1 - Magistrate jury; right to trial by jury

Except for contempt of the magistrate court, penalty assessment misdemeanors or offenses that do not prescribe incarceration as a penalty, the right to trial by jury exists in all actions in the magistrate court that are within magistrate trial jurisdiction.

NMS § 35-8-1

1953 Comp., § 36-10-1, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 108; 1975, ch. 242, § 5; 2009, ch. 133, § 1.