State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-30 > Article-1 > Section-30-1-730-1-7. Degrees of felonies.
Felonies under the Criminal Code [30-1-1 NMSA 1978] are classified as follows:
A. capital felonies;
B. first degree felonies;
C. second degree felonies;
D. third degree felonies; and
E. fourth degree felonies.
A felony is a capital, first, second, third or fourth degree felony when it is so designated under the Criminal Code. A crime declared to be a felony, without specification of degree, is a felony of the fourth degree.
