UJI 14-322 NMRA
UJI 14-322. Aggravated battery; with a deadly weapon; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon [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 touched or applied force to __________________ (name of
victim) by __________________2 with a [__________________]3 [deadly weapon. The
defendant used a __________________ (name of instrument or object). A
__________________ (name of instrument or object) is a deadly weapon only if you
find that a __________________ (name of object), when used as a weapon, could
cause death or great bodily harm4];5
2. The defendant intended6 to injure __________________ (name of victim) [or
another];7
3. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____________ day of
______________, ________.