Any person convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] declared a felony, and punishment is not specified, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 507; 1981, ch. 12, § 1. Legislative history of section. State v. Barela , 1980-NMCA-092, 95 N.M. 349, 622 P.2d 254, overruled on other grounds by State v. Yazzie , 1993-NMCA-101, 116 N.M. 83, 860 P.2d 213. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 594.
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