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14-4504. Reckless driving; essential elements.¹

            For you to find the defendant guilty of reckless driving [as charged in Count ________]², the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime:

            1.         The defendant operated a motor vehicle³;

            2.         The defendant drove carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property;

            3.         This happened in New Mexico, on or about the ________ day of ____________, ________.

USE NOTES

            1.         If UJI Crim. 14-240 and 14-241 are given, this instruction should not be given.

            2.         Insert count number if more than one count is charged.

            3.         See Section 66-1-4.11 NMSA 1978 for the definition of a motor vehicle.

[As amended, effective May 1, 1997.]