UJI 13-1502 NMRA
UJI 13-1502. Violation of ordinance.
There [was an] [were] ordinance[s] in force in the city of __________________, at
the time of the occurrence in question, which provided as follows:
(Quote or paraphrase the applicable part of the ordinance in question. If more
than one ordinance is in question, list each ordinance separately.)
If you find from the evidence that defendant violated [any of these] [this]
ordinance[s], then you are instructed that such conduct constituted negligence as a
matter of law, [unless you further find that such violation was excusable or justified.]
[To legally justify or excuse a violation of the ordinance, the violator must sustain the
burden of showing that the violator did that which might reasonably be expected of a
person of ordinary prudence, acting under similar circumstances, who desired to comply
with the law.]