UJI 14-363 NMRA
UJI 14-363. Assault on a [school employee] [health care worker]; attempted battery; threat or menacing conduct with intent to commit a violent felony; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault on a __________1 with
intent to [kill] [or]2 [commit __________3] [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 also intended to [kill] [or]2 [commit __________3] on __________
(name of victim);
5. At the time, __________ (name of victim) was a __________1 and was
performing the duties of a __________1;7
6. The defendant knew __________ (name of victim) was a __________;1
7. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____ day of __________, ______.