If a violation of the Controlled Substances Act is a violation of a federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality, a conviction or acquittal under federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality for the same act is a bar to prosecution. History: 1953 Comp., § 54-11-27, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 27. Cross references. — For constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy, see N.M. Const., art. II, § 15.
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