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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Marquez.

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1 State v. Marquez Anchor
nm · 2008
green “statutes concerning the same subject matter must be read in connection with each other.” 4
2 State v. Donaldson
nmctapp · 1983
green “the broad general purposes of probation are education and rehabilitation.” 3
3 State v. Encinias
nmctapp · 1986
green “a defendant may benefit by complying with the terms of probation for the entire probationary period by demonstrating to the sentencing court that he is a good candidate for a second term of probation should he subsequently be convicted of a criminal offense.” 3
4 State v. Encinias
nmctapp · 1986
green “simply because a court may lose the authority to incarcerate a probationer upon the expiration of the underlying term of the suspended sentence, does not render amended section 31-20-6(c) meaningless.” 3
5 State v. Marquez
nm · 2008
green “the total period of probation for the magistrate or metropolitan courts shall be no longer than the maximum allowable incarceration time for the offense or as otherwise provided by law.” 3
6 State v. Lucero
nm · 2007
green “we must read statutes harmoniously instead of as contradicting one another when possible.” 3

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

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