UJI 14-354 NMRA
UJI 14-354. Aggravated assault on a [school employee] [sports official] [health care worker]; attempted battery with a deadly weapon; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault on a
__________________2 by use of a deadly weapon [as charged in Count ______],3 the
state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following
elements of the crime:
1. The defendant intended to commit the crime of battery against
__________________ (name of victim) by _________________________;4
A battery consists of intentionally touching or applying force in a rude, insolent or
angry manner.5
2. The defendant began to do an act which constituted a substantial part of the
battery but failed to commit the battery;
3. The defendant used a [__________________]6 [deadly weapon. The defendant
used a __________________ (name of object). A __________________ (name of
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 harm7];8
4. At the time, __________________ (name of victim) was a _________________2
and was performing the duties of a __________________2;9
5. The defendant knew __________________ (name of victim) was a
_________________;2
6. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ______ day of _______________,
_______.