DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.626
Drugs
UNLAWFULLY ADMINISTERING CONTROLLED
OR COUNTERFEIT SUBSTANCES OR NARCOTIC
DRUGS
In order to find Defendant guilty of Unlawfully Administering a Controlled
or Counterfeit Substance or Narcotic Drugs, you must find the State has proved the
following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant administered a drug or substance to a person without that
person’s consent;
(2) The drug or substance was not administered as a lawful medical or
therapeutic treatment; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally.
"Drug" is any substance or preparation capable of producing any alteration
of the physical, mental or emotional condition of a person.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause stupor, unconsciousness or other alteration of a person’s physical, mental or
emotional condition.
“Consent” means the voluntary agreement by a person who has sufficient
mental capacity to make an intelligent choice to do something. It means a person
deliberately or voluntarily approved or agreed with the act of another.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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