Battery is the unlawful, intentional touching or application of force to the person of another, when done in a rude, insolent or angry manner.
Whoever commits battery is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
§ 30-3-4 NMSA 1978
Battery
Known as the Crimes Against Household Members Act
The act spans §§ 30–30 (24 sections).
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. United States (2010)
Most recently applied in United States v. Benito Castro (June 2023)
1953 Comp., § 40A-3-4, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 3-4.
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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.
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.