DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.531(2)
Attempt to Commit a Crime
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A CRIME
In order to find Defendant guilty of an attempt to commit a crime, you must
find the State has proved the following two (2) elements beyond a reasonable
doubt:
(1) Defendant did (or omitted to do) anything which, under the
circumstances as Defendant believed them to be, was a substantial step in a course
of conduct planned to culminate in Defendant’s commission of a crime; and
(2) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
engage in the conduct.
"Substantial step" is an act or omission that leaves no reasonable doubt as to
Defendant's intention to commit the crime Defendant is charged with attempting to
commit.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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