Section 30-22-17 - Assault by prisoner. - New Mexico Statutes

30-22-17. Assault by prisoner.

Assault by prisoner consists of intentionally:   

A.     placing an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein, in apprehension of an immediate battery likely to cause death or great bodily harm;   

B.     causing or attempting to cause great bodily harm to an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein; or   

C.     confining or restraining an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein, with intent to use such person as a hostage.   

Whoever commits assault by prisoner is guilty of a third degree felony.