DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1002(3)
Bigamy [Statutory Defense, Non-Affirmative]
BIGAMY [STATUTORY DEFENSE, NON-AFFIRMATIVE]
A defense raised by Defendant to the charge of Bigamy is Defendant did not
act knowingly. Defendant is not guilty if you find that a court in an American or
foreign jurisdiction had entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior
disqualifying marriage and Defendant did not know the judgment was invalid.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
dc2b84b1d58f33db04be86550f2e1bbd2fca4c0979856ef653aeb3d762ef79a5
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