Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses. > Article 1 - General Provisions, 30-1-1 through 30-1-15. > Section 30-1-7 - Degrees of felonies.

Section 30-1-7 - Degrees of felonies.

30-1-7. 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.