Assault
Known as the Crimes Against Household Members Act
The act spans §§ 30–30 (24 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Fuerschbach v. Southwest Airlines Co. (2006)
Most recently applied in J-G-P (July 2019)
1953 Comp., § 40A-3-1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 3-1.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Assault consists of either:
A. an attempt to commit a battery upon the person of another;
B. any unlawful act, threat or menacing conduct which causes another person to reasonably believe that he is in danger of receiving an immediate battery; or
C. the use of insulting language toward another impugning his honor, delicacy or reputation.
Whoever commits assault 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.