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14-402. Criminal use of ransom; essential elements.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of criminal use of ransom [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 [received]2  [possessed] [concealed] [disposed of] [money]2  [________________________________________ (describe property) which had been delivered for ransom.3

            2.         At the time the defendant [received]2  [possessed] [concealed] [disposed of] the [money]2 [________________________________________ (describe property) [he] [she] knew or believed that it was ransom.

            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.

            3.         The definition of "ransom," UJI 14-406 NMRA, must be given after this instruction.

[As amended, effective September 1, 1994.]

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