{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-22-6","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-22-6","heading":"Compounding a crime.","body":"Compounding a crime consists of knowingly agreeing to take anything of value upon the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal a crime or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof.\nFor purposes of this section, a person may be prosecuted and convicted of compounding a crime though the person guilty of the original crime has not been charged, indicted or tried.\nWhoever commits compounding a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 22 Interference with Law Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"b7f46fd81af3c10b039d1d9076f81094b556729afe344c4bbf543257cb9272a4","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-22-5","next":"us-nm/30-22-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}