DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.632(5)
Manslaughter [Defendant Intentionally Causes Suicide]
MANSLAUGHTER [DEFENDANT INTENTIONALLY CAUSES SUICIDE]
In order to find Defendant guilty of Manslaughter, you must find the State
has proved the following two (2) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant caused a person to commit suicide; and
(2) Defendant acted intentionally.
In order to prove Defendant “caused” a person to commit suicide, the State
must establish that the person would not have committed suicide but for
Defendant’s conduct.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause a person to commit suicide.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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