{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-27-1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-27-1","heading":"Malicious criminal prosecution.","body":"Malicious criminal prosecution consists of maliciously procuring or attempting to procure an indictment or otherwise causing or attempting to cause a criminal charge to be preferred or prosecuted against an innocent person, knowing him to be innocent.\nWhoever commits malicious criminal prosecution is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 27 Malicious Prosecution, etc."],"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":"4d68a0a37059168180aeca9a0333de4237fa5ea31082160573d59b5d4f3a5d1c","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-26-2","next":"us-nm/30-27-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}