UJI 14-355 NMRA
UJI 14-355. Aggravated assault on a [school employee] [sports official] [health care worker]; threat or menacing conduct with a deadly weapon; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault on a
__________________2 by use3 of a deadly weapon [as charged in Count ______],4 the
state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following
elements of the crime:
1. The defendant __________________ (describe unlawful act, threat or menacing
conduct);
2. The defendant’s conduct caused __________________ (name of victim) to
believe that the defendant was about to intrude on __________________’s (name of
victim) bodily integrity or personal safety by touching or applying force to
__________________ (name of victim) in a rude, insolent or angry manner;5
3. At the time, __________________ (name of victim) was a _________________2
and was performing duties of a __________________2;6
4. The defendant knew __________________ (name of victim) was a
__________________.2
5. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as __________________
(name of victim) would have had the same belief;
6. The defendant used3 a [__________________]7 [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 harm8];9
7. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____ day of ____________,
_____.