UJI 14-331 NMRA
UJI 14-331. Stalking; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of stalking [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 knowingly pursued a pattern of conduct by, on more than one
occasion, [directly or indirectly] [or] [using a third party2]3 engaging in any of the
following acts:
[(a) following __________________ (name of person)]
[(b) monitoring __________________ (name of person)]
[(c) placing __________________ (name of person) under surveillance]
[(d) threatening __________________ (name of person)]
[(e) communicating [to] [or] [about] _____________ (name of person)];3
[2. In pursuing the pattern of conduct the defendant was not acting within the scope
of [lawful employment] [or] [constitutionally protected activity,]3]4
3. [Although some of the acts constituting the pattern of conduct were directed at
other people, the] [The]3 overall pattern of conduct was directed at ________________
(name of victim);
4. The defendant intended
[to place __________________ (name of victim) in reasonable apprehension of
[death] [bodily harm] [sexual assault] [confinement or restraint]]
[or]
[to cause __________________ (name of victim) to reasonably fear the [death]
[bodily harm] [sexual assault] [confinement or restraint] of ______________ (name(s) of
other individual(s))].3, 5
5. This happened in New Mexico [between] [on or about] the ____________ day of
______________, ________ [and the __________________ day of ______________,
_________].3, 6