DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1335(a)(5)
Violation of Privacy
VIOLATION OF PRIVACY
In order to find Defendant guilty of Violation of Privacy, you must find the
State proved the following four (4) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant divulged the [existence/contents] of a message
communicated by [telephone/telegraph/letter/private conversation/other means of
private communication];
(2) Defendant acted without the consent of either [victim], the sender, or
[victim], receiver of the message;
(3) Defendant [knew the message was unlawfully intercepted/learned of
the message in the course of employment with agency transmitting it]; and
(4) Defendant acted [intentionally/knowingly].
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
engage in violating another’s privacy.
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was
engaging in violation of another’s privacy.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
3afe41ee54bc418f3b1dc0d4963a445e5355bef400c31895e54fc861e776664c
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