UJI 14-915 NMRA
UJI 14-915. Criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree; force or coercion; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree [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 acts resulted in _______________6; OR, the defendant acted
with the help or encouragement of one or more persons;
[4. The defendant’s act was unlawful;]7
5. _____________________ (name of victim) was eighteen (18) years of age or
older;
6. This happened in New Mexico on or about the _____ day of
__________________, ______.