UJI 14-383 NMRA
UJI 14-383. Assault; attempted battery; threat or menacing conduct with intent to commit a violent felony; "household member"; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of assault 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 ________________ (describe unlawful act, threat, or menacing
conduct); ________________ (name of victim) by ________________;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);
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. ________________ (name of victim) was a household member of the
defendant;7
6. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ________ day of _____________,
_____.