UJI 14-2250 NMRA
UJI 14-2250. Assault by a prisoner; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of assault by a prisoner [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 __________________ (describe act, threat, or menacing
conduct);
2. This caused __________________ (name of officer, employee, or visitor)2 to
believe __________________ (name of officer, employee, or visitor) was about to be
killed or to receive great bodily harm3;
3. A reasonable person in the same circumstances would have had the same belief;
4. At the time, the defendant was confined at __________________4;
5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of
______________, __________.