{"data":{"id":"us-nm/31-18-19","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"31-18-19","heading":"Habitual offender; duty of district attorney to prosecute.","body":"If at any time, either after sentence or conviction, it appears that a person convicted of a noncapital felony is or may be a habitual offender, it is the duty of the district attorney of the district in which the present conviction was obtained to file an information charging that person as a habitual offender.","path":["Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure","ARTICLE 18 Criminal Sentencing"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18531/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"1b5956f83119f135900813047c96ed9732f4e767eb75443af13f0dfc03224608","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/31-18-18","next":"us-nm/31-18-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}