{"data":{"id":"us-nm/31-18-27","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"31-18-27","heading":"Trafficking of certain amounts of fentanyl; alteration of basic sentence.","body":"When a separate finding of fact by a court or jury shows that a person is in possession of fentanyl in relation to a crime of trafficking a controlled substance pursuant to Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978, the basic sentence of imprisonment prescribed for the offense in Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 shall be enhanced by up to:\nA. three years, if the person is in possession of between one hundred and five hundred pills, capsules or tablets containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, regardless of its concentration, or between ten and fifty grams of fentanyl powder;\nB. five years, if the person is in possession of more than five hundred pills, capsules or tablets containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, regardless of its concentration, or more than fifty grams of fentanyl powder; or\nC. five years, if the person has recruited, coordinated, organized, supervised, directed, managed or financed another to commit trafficking fentanyl pursuant to Section 30-31-20 NMSA 1978. The enhancement shall be in addition to, not a replacement of, charging conspiracy to commit trafficking pursuant to Section 30-28-2 NMSA 1978.","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":"76413e7760a25f233d02bdef5d1ec9c91381890fbb1e7666827011a3b6092246","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/31-18-26","next":"us-nm/31-18a-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}