Rule 6-305 NMRA
Rule 6-305. Unnecessary allegations.
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A. Examples. It shall be unnecessary for a complaint to contain the following
allegations unless such allegations are necessary to give the defendant notice of the
crime charged:
(1)
time of the commission of offense;
(2)
place of the commission of offense;
(3)
means by which the offense was committed;
(4)
value or price of any property;
(5)
ownership of property;
(6)
intent with which an act was done;
(7)
description of any place or thing;
(8)
the particular character, number, denomination, kind, species or nature of
money, checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other currency;
(9)
the specific degree of the offense charged;
(10)
any statutory exceptions to the offense charged; or
(11)
any other similar allegation.
B. Effect of surplusage. The state may include any of the unnecessary allegations
set forth in Paragraph A of this rule in a complaint without thereby enlarging or
amending such complaint, and such allegations shall be treated as surplusage.