Felonies under the Criminal Code 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. History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-1-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 1-7. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, 'The Proposed New Mexico Criminal Code', see 1 Nat. Resources J. 122 (1961).
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