DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.787(b)(2)b3
Sexual Servitude of Minor
SEXUAL SERVITUDE OF A MINOR
In order to find Defendant guilty of Sexual Servitude of a Minor, you must find
the State has proved the following four (4) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant caused a person to engage in commercial sexual activity or a
sexually explicit performance;
(2) The person was not yet eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the
charged offense;
(3) Defendant used overt force or threat; and
(4) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware of the nature of the conduct and it
was practically certain the conduct would cause the person to agree to sexual
servitude.
“Commercial sexual activity” means any sex act on account of which anything
of value is given, promised to, or received by any person.
“Sexually explicit performance” means a live public act or show intended to
arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or to appeal to the prurient interest of patrons.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
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78e4ae760778279d45b39179ecc10dbf72b48df1fc404dc2e2519600fef02e95
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