UJI 14-373 NMRA
UJI 14-373. Assault; attempted battery; threat or menacing conduct; "household member"; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of assault against a household member [as
charged in Count ______],2 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 __________________;3
A battery consists of intentionally touching or applying force in a rude, insolent, or
angry manner.4
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);3
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;4
3. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as __________________
(name of victim) would have had the same belief;
AND
4. __________________ (name of victim) was a household member of the
defendant;5
5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of ___________,
________.