UJI 14-2402 NMRA
UJI 14-2402. Intimidation or threatening a witness.
For you to find the defendant guilty of intimidating or threatening 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 [person likely
to become a witness] in a [judicial proceeding] [administrative proceeding] [legislative
proceeding] [or] [________________________ (name of official proceeding)];
2. The defendant knowingly [intimidated] [or] [threatened]
________________________ (name of witness) for the purpose of [preventing
________________________ (name of witness) from testifying to any fact] [causing
________________________ (name of witness) to abstain from testifying] [or] [causing
________________________ (name of witness) to testify falsely] 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
______________, __________.