State v. Ramos

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GARCIA, Judge.

Defendant appeals his misdemeanor conviction under the Family Violence Protection Act, NMSA 1978, Section 40-13-6(D), (F) (2008), for violating a temporary order of protection that prohibited contact with his ex-girlfriend, Andrea Reed. Defendant contends that the district court’s refusal of his requested jury instruction, which included the element that he “knowingly” violated the order of protection, was reversible error. He also argues that if Section 40-13-6(D), (F) does not include “knowingly” as an element, then it is void for vagueness, that the evidence…