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This bill aims to protect the rights and well-being of crime victims in New Mexico. It allows child victims and incapacitated adult victims to refuse additional interviews initiated by the defendant after providing an initial statement. It also gives adult victims the right to refuse pretrial interviews by the defendant, with the option for the defendant to submit written interrogatories instead. The bill further allows for the admission of previously recorded statements by child or incapacitated adult victims as evidence, as long as the statements are found to be trustworthy. The bill also provides definitions for key terms like "child," "adjudicated incapacitated adult," and "defendant" within the state's Victims of Crime Act.

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https://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=143&year=21