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Rule Set 5 - Rules of Criminal Procedure for the District Courts - cited by 2,153 documents
Rule Set 6 - Rules of Criminal Procedure for the Magistrate Courts - cited by 565 documents
Rule Set 7 - Rules of Criminal Procedure for the Metropolitan Courts - cited by 447 documents
Rule Set 8 - Rules of Procedure for the Municipal Courts - cited by 364 documents
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9-215. Statement of probable cause.
[For use with District Court Rule 5-301 NMRA,
Magistrate Court Rule 6-203 NMRA,
Metropolitan Court Rule 7-203 NMRA and
Municipal Court Rule 8-202 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
[COUNTY OF ___________________]
[CITY OF _______________________]
__________________ COURT
No. ____________
[STATE OF NEW MEXICO]
[COUNTY OF ___________________]
[CITY OF _______________________]
v.
________________________________, Defendant
STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
The above defendant has been arrested without a warrant for the following reasons (set forth a plain, concise and definitive statement of facts establishing probable cause):
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I SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY INFORMATION AND BELIEF. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT TO MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT UNDER OATH.
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(Date) (Signature)
(This form is to be used only if the defendant was arrested without a warrant and the complaint and any attachments to the complaint do not make a written showing of probable cause.)
[Approved effective September 1, 1990; as amended, effective April 1, 1991; December 1, 1993.]