DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1339(a)(2)
Adulteration [Causing Physical Injury/Illness]
ADULTERATION
In order to find Defendant guilty of Adulteration [Causing Physical
Injury/Illness], you must find the State proved the following four (4) elements
beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant [distributed/disseminated/gave/sold/otherwise transferred]
[substance];
(2) Defendant [knew/had reason to know] [substance] had been adulterated;
(3) Defendant acted to cause [victim’s] [illness/physical injury/death]; and
(4) Defendant acted intentionally.
"Physical injury" means impairment of physical condition or substantial
pain.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause [victim’s] [illness/physical injury/death].
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew the substance had been adulterated.
"Adulteration" means the intentional adding of any substance that is
injected, inhaled, ingested or absorbed, and is used by people for customary or
reasonably foreseeable purposes, if the added substance, whether alone or
combined with the other substance, can cause death, physical injury, or illness.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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