DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1243
Obstructing Fire-Fighting Operations
OBSTRUCTING FIRE-FIGHTING OPERATIONS
In order to find Defendant guilty of Obstructing Fire-Fighting Operations,
you must find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a
reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant [obstructed the efforts of firefighting operations in
extinguishing/ (prevented/dissuaded) another person] from [extinguishing/helping
to extinguish] a fire;
(2) Defendant acted intentionally; and
(3) Defendant acted unreasonably.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
[obstruct/prevent/dissuade] the efforts of firefighting operations in
[extinguishing/helping to extinguish] a fire.
Defendant was "unreasonable" in obstructing the efforts of firefighting
operations in extinguishing a fire or [preventing/dissuading] another person from
[extinguishing/helping to extinguish] a fire if, under the same circumstances, a
reasonable, ordinary person would not have done so.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
47a705f24a580ae1926fc19b7c0ce2ff9be71a37d5fe65c59f3363156429c382
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