It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception in the Controlled Substances Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing or other proceeding under the Controlled Substances Act. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
§ 30-31-37 NMSA 1978
Burden of proof
Known as the Controlled Substances Act
The act spans §§ 30–30 (43 sections).
1953 Comp., § 54-11-36, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 36.
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.