DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1301(2)
Disorderly Conduct
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
In order to find Defendant guilty of Disorderly Conduct, you must find the
State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant engaged in conduct likely to cause substantial harm, or
serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm;
(2) Defendant and at least one other person [engaged in (fighting/{violent/
tumultuous/ threatening} behavior)/(made an {unreasonable noise/offensive
(utterance/comment/display)})/used abusive language towards any person
present/disturbed a lawful (assembly/meeting) without lawful authority/obstructed
(vehicular/pedestrian) traffic/gathered with others in a public place and refused to
comply with a lawful order of the police to disperse/created a (hazardous/physically
offensive) condition serving no legitimate purpose/gathered with others in a public
place while wearing (masks/ hoods/garments) rendering their faces unrecognizable
for the purpose and in a manner likely to imminently subject any person to the
deprivation of any rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution or
laws of the United States of America)];
(3) Defendant refused, or knowingly failed, to obey an order to disperse
made by a peace officer.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
engage in disorderly conduct.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was engaging
in disorderly conduct.
“Public place” means any place that is not purely private.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
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