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14-902.  Criminal sexual contact; use of physical force or physical violence; essential elements.

For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal sexual contact [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 unclothed ___________________² of _______________ (name of victim) without ___________________’s (name of victim) consent;]³

[OR]

[caused ___________________ (name of victim) to touch the _________________ ² of the defendant;]

2.         The defendant used physical force or physical violence;

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

4.         ____________________ (name of victim) was eighteen (18) years of age or older;

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: “groin,” “anus,” “buttocks,” “breast,” “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 September 1, 1994; January 20, 2005; as amended by Supreme Court No. 18-8300-012, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2018.]