UJI 14-905 NMRA
UJI 14-905. Criminal sexual contact; force or coercion; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual contact [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
[touched or applied force to the unclothed ___________________3 of
___________________ (name of victim) without ___________________’s (name of
victim) consent;]4
[OR]
[caused _________________ (name of victim) to touch the ___________3 of the
defendant;]
2. [The defendant used physical force or physical violence;]4
[OR]
[The defendant (used threats of physical force or physical violence against
______________________) (name of victim or other person)4 (OR) (threatened to
_______________5); AND ________________ (name of victim) believed that the
defendant would carry out the threat;]
[OR]
[_______________________ (name of victim) was (unconscious)4 (asleep)
(physically helpless) (suffering from a mental condition so as to be incapable of
understanding the nature or consequences of what the defendant was doing); AND the
defendant knew or had reason to know of the condition of __________________;
(name of victim)]
[3. The defendant’s act was unlawful;]6
4. ________________________ (name of victim) was eighteen (18) years of age or
older;
5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the _____ day of _______________,
_____.