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N.M. Stat. § 24-11-8 (2026)

Reports to district attorney.

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The state or district medical investigator shall promptly report his findings, or the
findings of a deputy medical investigator that has performed an investigation under his
direction, to the district attorney in each death investigated. Upon request of the district
attorney, the state or district medical investigator shall send a complete record of the
medical investigation in any case, including a transcript of the testimony of witnesses
examined at any inquest.

History: 1953 Comp., § 15-43-47, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 91, § 5; 1971, ch. 112, §
7; 1973, ch. 286, § 7.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2011–2013 · leading case: State v. Navarette, 2013 NMSC 3 (N.M. 2013).
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State v. Navarette, 2013 NMSC 3 (N.M. 2013). · cites it 3× “NMSA 1978, § 24-11-8 (1973). This forensic role is entirely in keeping with the medical examiner’s purpose to “serve the criminal justice system as medical detectives by identifying and documenting pathologic findings in suspicious or violent deaths and testifying in courts as…”
State v. Jaramillo, 2012 NMCA 29 (N.M. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, § 24-11-8 (1973). This forensic role is entirely in keeping with the medical examiner’s purpose to “serve the criminal justice system as medical detectives by identifying and documenting pathologic findings in suspicious or violent deaths and testifying in courts as…”
State v. Jaramillo, 2012 NMCA 029 (N.M. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, § 24-11-8 (1973). This forensic role is entirely in keeping with the medical examiner’s purpose to “serve the criminal justice system as medical detectives by identifying and documenting pathologic findings in suspicious or violent deaths and testifying in courts as…”
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