UJI 14-376. Aggravated assault; attempted battery; threat or menacing conduct with a deadly weapon; "household member"; essential elements.1

For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault by use2 of a deadly weapon against a household member [as charged in Count ______],3 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 __________________;4 A battery consists of intentionally touching or applying force in a rude, insolent, or angry manner.5 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);4 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;5 and 3. A reasonable person in the same circumstances as ________________ (name of victim) would have had the same belief; AND 4. The defendant used2 a [__________________]6 [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 harm7];8 5. __________________ (name of victim) was a household member of the defendant;9 6. This happened in New Mexico on or about the __________ day of ___________, ________.