DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.802(a)
Arson in the Second Degree
ARSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE
In order to find Defendant guilty of Arson in the Second Degree, you must find
the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant [started a fire/caused an explosion];
(2) Defendant damaged a building as the result of the [fire/explosion]; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Building” is defined as any structure, vehicle or watercraft. When a building
consists of two or more units separately secured or occupied, each unit is considered a
separate building.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
[start a fire/cause an explosion] and to damage a building.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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