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14-2217. Aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer.

For you to find the defendant guilty of aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer [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 operated a motor vehicle;

2.         The defendant drove willfully and carelessly in a manner that endangered or could have endangered the life of another person;

3.         The defendant had been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a uniformed law enforcement officer in an authorized emergency vehicle;

4.         The defendant knew that a law enforcement officer had given the defendant an audible or visual signal to stop;

[5.        The defendant caused injury to ________________________ (name of victim);]²

6.         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.         Insert when a violation of Section 30-22-1.1(C) NMSA 1978, injury to another person, is charged.

[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 08-8300-060, effective February 2, 2009; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 22-8300-032, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2022; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00031, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2023.]