UJI 14-2202. Aggravated assault on a peace officer; threat or menacing conduct with a deadly weapon; essential elements.1

For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault on a peace officer by use2 of a deadly weapon [as charged in Count __________________]3, the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant __________________ (describe unlawful act, threat, or menacing conduct); 2. At the time, __________________ (name of peace officer) was a peace officer and was performing duties of a peace officer9; 3. The defendant knew ____________________ (name of peace officer) was a peace officer; 4. The defendant’s conduct caused __________________ (name of peace officer) to believe the defendant was about to intrude on __________________’s (name of peace officer) bodily integrity or personal safety by touching or applying force to __________________ (name of peace officer) in a rude, insolent, or angry manner; 5. The defendant’s conduct4 [threatened the safety of __________________ (name of peace officer);] [or]5 [challenged the authority of __________________ (name of peace officer);] 6. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as __________________ (name of peace officer) would have had the same belief; 7. The defendant used2 a [__________________]6 [deadly weapon. The defendant used a __________________ (name of object). A __________________ (name of object) is a deadly weapon only if you find that a __________________ (name of object), when used as a weapon, could cause death or great bodily harm7]8; 8. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____________ day of ______________, ________.