UJI 14-371 NMRA
UJI 14-371. Assault; attempted battery; "household member"; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of assault against a household member [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 intended to commit the crime of battery against
_______________ (name of victim) by ________________;2
A battery consists of intentionally touching or applying force in a rude, insolent, or
angry manner.3
2. The defendant began to do an act which constituted a substantial part of the
battery but failed to commit the battery;
3. ________________ (name of victim) was a household member of the
defendant;4
4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of ___________,
________.