N.M. Stat. § 17-2-11
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§ 17-2-11. Witness testifying for state; evidence not to be used against him
Official statutory text
In any prosecution under this chapter, any participant in a violation thereof, when so requested by the district attorney, state warden [director of the department of game and fish] or other officer instituting the prosecution, may testify as a witness against any other person charged with violating the same, and his evidence so given shall not be used against him in any prosecution for such violation.
Status: in_force
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