DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1257(a)(2)
Resisting Arrest
RESISTING ARREST WITH FORCE OR VIOLENCE
In order to find Defendant guilty of Resisting Arrest, you must find the State
has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant fled from a peace officer, who was attempting to arrest
Defendant;
(2) Defendant used force or violence towards the officer; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
prevent or attempt to prevent arrest.
“Arrest” means taking a person into custody.
“Detain” means the stopping of any person, by a peace officer.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
8834ce0585f3cd9f27931764e03798fccef78701c1d7fdcc51c9bb6a982dd8d4
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