DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.791(7)
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 use or abuse
Defendant’s position as a public servant by performing (or failing to perform) an
official duty in such a manner as to affect the person or someone else adversely; 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
29818b703286bfefcb489c97517a814880bd1b216596ddf0d58ed9a8fde03249
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