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14-921.  Criminal sexual contact of a minor in the fourth degree; use of physical force or physical violence; essential elements.

For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual contact of a minor [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 defendant

[touched or applied force to the _______________² of __________________ (name of victim);]³

[OR]

[caused _______________ (name of victim) to touch the _________________² of the defendant;]

2.         The defendant used physical force or physical violence;

3.         ____________________ (name of victim) was at least thirteen (13) but less than eighteen (18) years old;

[4.        The defendant’s act was unlawful;]⁴

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.         Name one or more of the following parts of the anatomy touched: “buttocks,” “breast,” “groin,” “anus,” “mons pubis,” “penis,” “testicles,” “mons veneris,” or “vulva.”  When definitions are provided in UJI 14-981 NMRA, they must be given after this instruction; otherwise, no definition need be given unless the jury requests one.

3.         Use only the applicable alternative or alternatives.

4.         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. 18-8300-012, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2018.]