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§ 30-20-2 NMSA 1978

Public affray

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Dawson v. State (2011)

Most recently applied in Dawson v. State (October 2011)

1953 Comp., § 40A-20-3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 20-3.

Public affray consists of two or more persons voluntarily or by agreement engaging in any fight or using any blows or violence toward each other in an angry or quarrelsome manner in any public place, to the disturbance of others.

Whoever commits public affray is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.