DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1361(a)(3)
Acts Constituting Obscenity
ACTS CONSTITUTING OBSCENITY
In order to find Defendant guilty of Acts Constituting Obscenity, you must
find the State proved following two (2) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant [published/exhibited/made available] obscene material; and
(2) Defendant acted knowingly.
{if applicable}
[You may infer a person who disseminates or possesses obscene material in
the course of business does so knowingly.]
“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was engaging
in presentation of obscene material.
Material or live conduct is "obscene" if: (1) the average person, applying
current community standards, would find the material or conduct, taken as a
whole, appeals to prurient or lustful interests; (2) the material shows or describes
or the live conduct portrays: (a) patently or clearly offensive representations or
descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or
(b) patently or clearly offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation,
excretory functions, and/or lewd exhibitions of the genitals; and (3) the work or
conduct taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific
value.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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