A. Assisting suicide consists of deliberately aiding another in the taking of the person's own life, unless the person aiding another in the taking of the person's own life is a person acting in accordance with the provisions of the End-of-Life Options Act [Chapter 24, Article 7C NMSA 1978]. B. A person who commits assisting suicide is guilty of a fourth degree felony. History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-2-5, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 2-5; 2021, ch. 132, § 10.
Assisting suicide
NMSA 1978, § 30-2-4 — under Article 2.
NMSA 1978, § 30-2-4