DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1245(3)a
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 reported an alleged occurrence of an [offense/incident] to a
law-enforcement agency;
(2) The [offense/incident] did not occur; and
(3) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware the [offense/incident]
reported did not occur.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
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