UJI 14-1641 NMRA
UJI 14-1641. Embezzlement; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of embezzlement [as charged in Count
__________]1, the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the following elements of the crime:
1. The defendant was entrusted with __________________2. [This
__________________ (property) had a market value3 [of $ __________;]4]
2. The defendant converted this __________________ (property or money) to the
defendant’s own use. “Converting something to one’s own use” means keeping
another’s property rather than returning it, or using another’s property for one’s own
purpose [rather than]5 [even though the property is eventually used] for the purpose
authorized by the owner;
3. At the time the defendant converted __________________ (property or money),
the defendant fraudulently intended to deprive the owner of the owner’s property.
“Fraudulently intended” means intended to deceive or cheat;
4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____________ day of
________________________, ________.