DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.645
Promoting Suicide
PROMOTING SUICIDE
In order to find Defendant guilty of Promoting Suicide, you must find the
State has proved the following two (2) elements beyond a reasonable doubt: (1)
Defendant caused or aided a person to commit or attempt to commit
suicide; and
(2) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause or aid a person in committing or attempting suicide.
“Causing or aiding” a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide means
Defendant brought about or assisted the suicide, which would not have occurred
but for Defendant's conduct.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
a0aa7f6f7698d4cb08c142ae5673acf63203c62b18f53cf802997baf8540dedf
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