{"id":3774,"date":"2015-07-27T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/project.dwiresourcecenter.org\/?page_id=3774"},"modified":"2015-07-27T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T23:04:08","slug":"new-mexico-state-constitution-victims-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/new-mexico-state-constitution-victims-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico State Constitution – Victims’ Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911:
\nARTICLE II BILL OF RIGHTS : Sec. 24. [Victim’s rights.] (1992)<\/b><\/h4>\n

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A.<\/b> 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:<\/h5>\n
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    the right to be treated with fairness and respect for the victim’s dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to timely disposition of the case;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the criminal justice process;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to notification of court proceedings;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to attend all public court proceedings the accused has the right to attend;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to confer with the prosecution;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to make a statement to the court at sentencing and at any post-sentencing hearings for the accused;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to restitution from the person convicted of the criminal conduct that caused the victim’s loss or injury;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to information about the conviction, sentencing, imprisonment, escape or release of the accused;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to have the prosecuting attorney notify the victim’s employer, if requested by the victim, of the necessity of the victim’s cooperation and testimony in a court proceeding that may necessitate the absence of the victim from work for good cause; and<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    the right to promptly receive any property belonging to the victim that is being held for evidentiary purposes by a law enforcement agency or the prosecuting attorney, unless there are compelling evidentiary reasons for retention of the victim’s property.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    B.<\/b> A person accused or convicted of a crime against a victim shall have no standing to object to any failure by any person to comply with the provisions of Subsection A of Section 24 of Article 2 of the constitution of New Mexico<\/h5>\n

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    C.<\/b> The provisions of this amendment shall not take effect until the legislature enacts laws to implement this amendment. (As added November 3, 1992.)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911: ARTICLE II BILL OF RIGHTS : Sec. 24. [Victim’s rights.] (1992)   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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3776,"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3774\/revisions\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwiresourcecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}