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14-631.  Sexual exploitation of children; possession.

            For you to find the defendant guilty of sexual exploitation of children (possession) [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 intentionally possessed a visual or print medium²;

            2.         The medium depicts a prohibited sexual act² [or simulation of such an act]³;

            3.         The defendant knew or had reason to know that medium depicts prohibited sexual act [or simulation of such act]³;

            4.         The defendant knew or had reason to know that one or more of the participants in that act is a child under eighteen years of age;

            [5.        The depictions are obscene;⁴]³; and

            6.         This happened in New Mexico on or about _____________, 20__.

USE NOTES

            1.         Insert the count number if more than one count is charged.

            2.         If in issue, UJI 14-130 NMRA, “ ‘Possession’ defined,” definitions of “visual or print medium” and/or “prohibited sex act” shall be given. See NMSA 1978, § 30-6A-2.

            3.         Instruct with bracketed language only if in issue.

            4.         Use bracketed material if obscenity is in issue. If this element is instructed a definition of “obscene” shall also be given. See NMSA 1978, § 30-6A-2.

            5.         If the consensual possession defense defined in NMSA 1978, Section 30-6A-3(B) is in issue, UJI 14-634 NMRA must be given.

            6.         To invoke the sentencing enhancement defined in Section 30-6A-3(A), special interrogatory UJI 14-635 NMRA must be given.

[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 19-8300-016, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2019.]