UJI 14-356 NMRA
UJI 14-356. Aggravated assault on a [school employee] [sports official] [health care worker]; attempted battery; 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 intended to commit the crime of battery against
_______________ (name of victim) by _______________________;5
A battery consists of intentionally touching or applying force in a rude, insolent or
angry manner.6
2. The defendant began to do an act which constituted a substantial part of the
battery but failed to commit the battery;
OR
1. The defendant ____________________________ (describe unlawful act, threat
or menacing conduct);
2. The defendant’s conduct caused __________________ (name of victim) to
believe 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;6
3. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as __________________
(name of victim) would have had the same belief;
AND
4. 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
5. At the time, __________________ (name of victim) was a
__________________2 and was performing the duties of a __________________2;10
6. The defendant knew __________________ (name of victim) was a
________________;2
7. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____ day of ____________,
_____.