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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.]