DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.791(6)
Coercion
COERCION
In order to find Defendant guilty of Coercion, you must find the State proved
the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant compelled or induced a person: to engage in conduct which the
person had a legal right to abstain from engaging in; or to abstain from engaging in
conduct in which victim had a legal right to engage;
(2) Defendant instilled in the person a fear that if the person did not act
according to Defendant's wishes, Defendant or another would testify or provide
information, or would withhold testimony or information, with respect to the person
or some other person’s legal claim or defense; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally or knowingly.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
engage in the conduct alleged.
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware Defendant was engaging in the
conduct alleged.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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