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14-957. Criminal sexual penetration; child under 13; essential elements.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual penetration of a child under the age of thirteen (13) [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 a child under the age of thirteen (13);

            [3.        The defendant's act was unlawful;]⁶

            4.         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.         Identify the object used.

            5.         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.

            6.         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; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 10-8300-039, effective December 31, 2010.]