N.M. Stat. § 31-20-12 : — CRIMINAL PROCEDURESENTENCING —20-12 - Credit for time prior to conviction TEXT PDF A person held in official confinement on suspicion or charges of the commission of a felony shall, upon conviction of that or a lesser included offense, be given credit for the period spent in presentence confinement against any sentence finally imposed for that offense. NMS § 31-20-12 1953 Comp., § 40A-29-25, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 221, § 2; and recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 40A-29-48, by Laws 1977, ch. 216, § 16.