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Rule Set 14 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Criminal - cited by 1,783 documents
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14-1642. Extortion; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of extortion [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. ______________________ (name of defendant) threatened
[to injure the person or property of ______________________ (name of victim) or another]2
[to accuse ______________________ (name of victim) or another of a crime]
[to expose or imply the existence of a deformity or disgrace of ______________________ (name of victim) or another]
[to expose any secret of ______________________ (name of victim) or another]
[to kidnap ______________________ (name of victim) or another]3, intending to wrongfully4
[obtain anything of value from ______________________ (name of victim)]5
[compel ______________________ (name of victim) to do something ______________________ (name of victim) would not have done]
[compel ______________________ (name of victim) to refrain from doing something ______________________ (name of victim) would have done];
2. 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 applicable threatening acts.
3. If a threatened kidnapping is alleged, the essential elements of kidnapping as determined in UJI 14-403A NMRA must be given if not separately instructed. To instruct on the elements of an uncharged offense, UJI 14-140 NMRA must be used.
4. If there is a specific issue of wrongfulness of an act, a specific definition may need to be prepared.
5. Use the applicable element.
[UJI Criminal 16.32; UJI 14-1642 SCRA 1986; UJI 14-1642 NMRA; as amended, effective July 1, 1998; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 20-8300-004, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2020.]