UJI 14-401 NMRA
UJI 14-401. False imprisonment; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of false imprisonment [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 [restrained]2 [confined]
________________________________________ (name of victim) against the victim’s
will;
2. The defendant knew that they had no authority to [restrain]2 [confine]
________________________________________ (name of victim);
3. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ______________ day of
________________________, ________.