Crime Victim Services
New Mexico
Crime Victim’s Rights
New Mexico is one of 31 states that have amended their constitution to include rights for crime victims. A New Mexico amendment was ratified by voters in 1992. The amendment reads as follows:
A. A victim of arson resulting in bodily injury, aggravated arson, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, dangerous use of explosives, negligent use of a deadly weapon, murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration, criminal sexual contact of a minor, homicide by vehicle, great bodily injury by vehicle or abandonment or abuse of a child or that victim's representative shall have the following rights as provided by law:
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