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Form 14-943. Criminal sexual penetration in the third degree; victim unconscious, asleep, physically or mentally helpless; essential elements.

Collection New Mexico Forms Library
Form Type Jury Instructions
Citations - New Mexico Laws and Court Rules
Rule Set 14 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Criminal - cited by 1,842 documents

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14-943. Criminal sexual penetration in the third degree; victim unconscious, asleep, physically or mentally helpless; essential elements.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual penetration [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 defendant2

[caused ________________ (name of victim) to engage in _________3;]

[OR]

[caused the insertion, to any extent, of a _______________4 into the _______________5 of ___________________ (name of victim);]

            2.         ___________________ (name of victim) was [unconscious]2 [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];

            3.         The defendant knew or had reason to know of the condition of _____________________ (name of victim);

            [4.        The defendant's act was unlawful;]7

            5.         This happened in New Mexico on or about the ____ day of ______________________, ______.

 

USE NOTES

            1.         Insert the count number if more than one count is charged.

            2.         Use only the applicable alternatives.

            3.         Name the sexual act or acts: i.e., "sexual intercourse", "anal intercourse", "cunnilingus" or "fellatio".  The applicable definition or definitions from Instruction 14-982 NMRA must be given after this instruction.

            4.         Use only the applicable alternatives.

            5.         Identify the object used.

            6.         Name the part or parts of the body: i.e., "vagina", "penis" or "anus".  The applicable definition or definitions from Instruction 14-981 NMRA must be given after this instruction.

            7.         Use the bracketed element if the evidence raises a genuine issue of the unlawfulness of the defendant's actions.  If this element is given, UJI 14-132 NMRA, "unlawful defined",  must be given after this instruction.

[As amended, effective January 20, 2005.]

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