Murder in New Mexico law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of New Mexico.
.the State has the most violent crime rate as And possibly the most highest murder rates[1] In the state of New Mexico, the common law felony murder rule is codified in N.M. Stat.
[2] The rule was narrowed in the case of State v. Ortega, where the court held that the perpetrator must have the same mens rea as one who commits murder.
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