DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1245(1)
Falsely Reporting an Incident
FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT
In order to find Defendant guilty of Falsely Reporting an Incident, you must
find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable
doubt:
(1) Defendant [initiated/circulated] a false [report/warning/impending
occurrence] of [fire/explosions/crime/catastrophe/emergency];
(2) The [report/warning] would likely cause [public
(alarm/inconvenience)/the calling of (fire-fighting equipment/ambulance/rescue
vehicle)]; and
(3) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware the information
[reported/conveyed/ circulated] was [false/baseless].
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
efbf0354102198c5303ba3c08e08184a05f868de44d0f779430814981f13d797
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