UJI 14-2401 NMRA
UJI 14-2401. Bribery of a witness by giving anything of value.
For you to find the defendant guilty of bribery of a witness [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. ________________________ (name of witness) was [a witness]2 [likely to
become a witness] in a [judicial proceeding] [administrative proceeding] [legislative
proceeding] [or] [________________________ (name of official proceeding)];
2. The defendant knowingly [gave] [or] [offered to give]
________________________ (describe item of value) to ________________________
(name of witness) for the purpose of causing ________________________ (name of
witness) [to testify falsely] [or] [to abstain from testifying] to any fact in the [judicial
proceeding] [administrative proceeding] [legislative proceeding] [or]
[________________________ (name of official proceeding)];
[3. ________________________ (name of proceeding) was an official proceeding;]3
4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of
______________, __________.