DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1259
Sexual Relations in a Detention Facility
SEXUAL RELATIONS IN A DETENTION FACILITY
In order to find Defendant guilty of Sexual Relations in a Detention Facility,
you must find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a
reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant was [an employee working/contractor/employee of a
contractor/volunteer] at a detention facility at the time of the offense;
(2) Defendant engaged in consensual sexual intercourse with a person in
custody on the premises of the detention facility; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally or knowingly.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
have sexual intercourse on the premises of a detention facility.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was having
sexual intercourse on the premises of a detention facility.
"Custody" means any restraint pursuant to arrest, detention or court order.
"Detention facility" means any place used for the confinement of a person
who has been [charged with or convicted of an offense/charged with being a
delinquent child/held for extradition/held as a material witness/confined pursuant
to a court order].
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
59c0a21376b81dcc1231aa8b5d6b138b4c48ae0bde7660468bd6c834908a2428
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