DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.602(a)
Menacing
MENACING
In order to find Defendant guilty of Menacing, you must find the State has
proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant made some movement of [the body/an instrument];
(2) Defendant’s movement placed [victim] in fear of imminent physical
injury; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally.
"Physical injury" means any impairment of physical condition or substantial
pain.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause [victim] to fear imminent physical injury.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
4b6b0e9043abab2b5f38e25c3d0a4a4186b5c925c497e4d9a4b9be76776feab9
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