UJI 14-944 NMRA
UJI 14-944. Criminal sexual penetration in the third degree; force or coercion; essential elements.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual penetration [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 defendant3
[caused ________________ (name of victim) to engage in ________4;]
[OR]
[caused the insertion, to any extent, of a ______________5 into the
_______________6 of ____________________ (name of victim);]
2. [The defendant used physical force or physical violence;]3
[OR]
[The defendant (used threats of physical force or physical violence against
___________________ (name of victim or other person))3 (OR) [threatened to
__________________7]; AND __________________ (name of victim) believed that the
defendant would carry out the threat;]
[OR]
[_____________________ (name of victim) was (unconscious)3 (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;]8
4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____ day of ______________,
______.