DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1245(3)d
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 four (4) elements beyond a reasonable
doubt:
(1) Defendant reported an alleged abduction of a child to a law-enforcement agency;
(2) The report of the alleged abduction generated activation of state-wide
and interstate alert response and law enforcement broadcast;
(3) The alleged abduction did not occur; and
(4) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware the reported alleged
abduction did not occur.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
d8e986685d2b4d4c4c24cf5d3485f4aa99096e94a294b10c056665773f4dc05a
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