UJI 14-244 NMRA
UJI 14-244. Vehicle homicide; great bodily harm; resisting, evading or obstructing a police officer; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of causing [death] [or] [great bodily harm]1 while
operating a vehicle and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer of this state as
charged in Count ________,2 the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime:
1. The defendant was operating a motor vehicle;
2. A uniformed police officer in a marked police vehicle signaled the defendant to
stop the motor vehicle;
3. The defendant was aware the officer had signaled the defendant to stop;
4. The defendant willfully failed to stop the vehicle;
5. The defendant’s failure to stop the vehicle caused3 the [death] [or] [great bodily
harm]4 of ______________________________ (name of victim);
6. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____________ day of
__________________________, ____________.