UJI 14-1611 NMRA
UJI 14-1611. Shoplifting; alteration of label or container; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of shoplifting [as charged in Count
__________]2, the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the following elements of the crime:
1. ______________ (name of defendant) [altered a label, price tag, or marking on
__________________ (describe merchandise)]3 [transferred __________________
(describe merchandise) from the container [in] [on]3 which it was displayed to another
container];
2. The [altered] [transferred]3 merchandise had an aggregated retail market value4
[over $ __________5];
3. The [altered] [transferred]3 merchandise was offered for sale to the public by
_______ (name of retailer or store), a retailer6, located at _____________ (address of
retailer);
4. ____________ (name of defendant) intended to deprive __________________
(name of retailer) of all or some part of the value of this merchandise;
5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of
______________, __________.