UJI 14-2501 NMRA
UJI 14-2501. Perjury; essential elements.
Length: 106 wordsOfficial source
For you to find the defendant guilty of perjury [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 made a false statement under oath or affirmation to the
________________________2;
2. The defendant knew the statement to be untrue;
3. The false statement was material to the issue or matter involved in the [judicial]
[administrative] [legislative] [or] [official] proceeding, which means the statement had a
natural tendency to influence the decision of the ________________________2;
4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ________ day of
______________, ________.