UJI 14-372 NMRA
UJI 14-372. Assault; threat or menacing conduct; "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 ________________ (describe unlawful act, threat, or menacing
conduct);2
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;3
3. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as ________________ (name
of victim) would have had the same belief;
4. ________________ (name of victim) was a household member of the
defendant;4
5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of
______________, ________.