DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1311(a)(2)
Harassment
HARASSMENT
In order to find Defendant guilty of Harassment, you must find the State has
proved the following four (4) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant intended to harass, annoy or alarm;
(2) Defendant communicated with a person by telephone, telegraph, mail,
or another form of communication; and
(3) Defendant knew Defendant’s conduct was likely to cause annoyance or
alarm; and
(4) Defendant acted knowingly.
Means of communications include, but are not limited to, intrastate
telephone calls initiated by vendors for the purpose of selling goods and services.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
engage in harassment.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was engaging
in harassment.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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