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Rule Set 14 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Criminal - cited by 1,766 documents
Rule Set 14 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Criminal - cited by 1,766 documents
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14-626. Intentionally, defined for crimes against children.
To find that the defendant [acted intentionally1] 2 [intentionally left or abandoned the child 3] you must find that it was the defendant’s conscious objective to [leave or abandon]2 [endanger] [torture, cruelly confine, or cruelly punish] [or] [expose to the inclemency of the weather] the child.
USE NOTES
1. This phrase tracks Element 3 in UJI 14-623 NMRA.
2. Choose applicable alternative or alternatives.
3. This phrase tracks the language in UJIs 14-606 and 14-607 NMRA for crimes of abandonment.
[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 18-8300-012, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2018.]
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