DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1241
Refusing to Aid a Police Officer
REFUSING TO AID A POLICE OFFICER
In order to find Defendant guilty of Refusing to Aid a Police Officer, you
must find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a
reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant was commanded by a police officer, to aid the officer in
[making an arrest of/preventing the commission of any crime by] another person;
(2) Defendant unreasonably [failed/refused] to aid the officer; and
(3) Defendant acted [intentionally/knowingly].
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
[fail/refuse] to aid [officer]
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware Defendant was [failing/refusing]
to aid [officer].
Defendant was "unreasonable" in [failing/refusing] to aid [officer] if, under
the same circumstances, a reasonable, ordinary person would provide the aid
requested.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
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