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14-401. False imprisonment; essential elements.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of false imprisonment [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 [restrained]²  [confined] ____________________________ (name of victim) against [his] [her] will;

            2.         The defendant knew that [he] [she] had no authority to [restrain]²  [confine] ________________________________________ (name of victim);

            3.         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 alternative or alternatives.

[As amended, effective September 1, 1994.]