UJI 14-4505 NMRA
UJI 14-4505. Careless driving; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of careless driving [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 operated a motor vehicle2 on a highway3;
2. The defendant operated the motor vehicle in a careless, inattentive or imprudent
manner without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, weather, road
conditions and all other attendant circumstances;
3. This happened in New Mexico, on or about the ________ day of ____________,
________.