Whenever it becomes known to any warden or prison official or any prison, probation, parole or police officer or other peace officer that any person charged with or convicted of a noncapital felony is or may be a habitual offender, it is his duty to promptly report the facts to the district attorney of the proper district, who shall then file an information.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-29-31, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 216, § 7.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure
Article 18 - Criminal Sentencing
Section 31-18-1 to 31-18-11 - Repealed.
Section 31-18-12 - Short title.
Section 31-18-13 - Sentencing authority; all crimes.
Section 31-18-14 - Sentencing authority; capital felonies.
Section 31-18-14.1 - Repealed.
Section 31-18-15.2 - Definitions.
Section 31-18-15.3 - Serious youthful offender; disposition.
Section 31-18-15.4 - Felonies; public officials; enhancement of sentences.
Section 31-18-16.1 - Repealed.
Section 31-18-17 - Habitual offenders; alteration of basic sentence.
Section 31-18-18 - Habitual offenders; duty of public officers to report.
Section 31-18-19 - Habitual offender; duty of district attorney to prosecute.
Section 31-18-20 - Habitual offenders; proceedings for prosecution.
Section 31-18-21 - Consecutive sentences; inmates and persons at large.
Section 31-18-22 - Special incarceration alternative program.
Section 31-18-23 - Three violent felony convictions; mandatory life imprisonment; exception.
Section 31-18-24 - Violent felony sentencing procedure.
Section 31-18-25 - Two violent sexual offense convictions; mandatory life imprisonment; exception.
Section 31-18-26 - Two violent sexual offense convictions; sentencing procedure.