DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.621(a)(3)
Terroristic Threatening [To Another Person]
TERRORISTIC THREATENING [TO ANOTHER PERSON]
In order to find Defendant guilty of Terroristic Threatening, you must find
the State has proved the following two (2) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant caused a person to believe the person was exposed to a
substance that would cause death or serious injury; and
(2) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
threaten the person.
The Terroristic Threatening statute imposes criminal liability for the use of
words. The crime is complete when Defendant threatens the person. Therefore, the
State is not required to prove Defendant intended to carry out Defendant’s threat, or
that the threatened act was completed.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
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