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14-2227. Assault on a jail; essential elements.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of assault on a jail [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 assaulted2 or attacked __________________,3 [a jail]4 [a prison] [place of confinement of prisoners];

            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.  If the jury asks for a definition of "assaulted," use a non-law dictionary definition.

            3.  Identify the place of the attack.

            4.  Use only the applicable bracketed element established by the evidence.

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.