DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.850(a)(1)a
Use, possession, manufacture, distribution and sale of unlawful telecommunication and access devices
USE, POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND
SALE OF UNLAWFUL TELECOMMUNICATION AND ACCESS
DEVICES
In order to find Defendant guilty of Use, Possession, Manufacture, Distribution
and Sale of Unlawful Telecommunication and Access Devices, you must find the
State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant [(manufactured/assembled/distributed/possessed with intent to
distribute/ transferred/sold/promoted/offered/advertised) for (sale/use/distribution)
a n y u n l a w f u l t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n
device)/(modified/altered/programmed/reprogrammed) a telecommunication device];
(2) The unlawful telecommunication device was [for the unauthorized
(acquisition/theft)/to (receive/disrupt/transmit/decrypt/{acquire/facilitate}) the
(receipt/disruption/transmission/decryption/ acquisition)] of any telecommunication
service without the express consent or authorization of the telecommunication service
provider; and
(3) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware Defendant was manufacturing,
distributing or selling a unlawful telecommunication device.
"Manufacture or assembly of unlawful telecommunications device" means to
make, produce or assemble an unlawful telecommunication device or to modify, alter,
program or reprogram a telecommunication device to be capable of acquiring,
disrupting, receiving, transmitting, decrypting or facilitating the acquisition,
disruption, receipt, transmission or decryption of a telecommunication service
without the express consent or express authorization of the telecommunication
service provider, or to knowingly assist others in those activities.
"Telecommunication service provider" means a person or entity providing a
telecommunication service, whether directly or indirectly as a reseller, including, but
not limited to, a cellular, paging or other wireless communications company or other
person or entity which, for a fee, supplies the facility, cell site, mobile telephone
switching office or other equipment or telecommunication service; any person or
entity owning or operating any cable television, satellite, Internet-based, telephone,
wireless, microwave, data transmission or radio distribution system, network or
facility; and any person or entity providing any telecommunication service directly
or indirectly by or through any such distribution systems, networks or facilities.
“Unlawful telecommunication device" means any electronic serial number,
mobile identification number, personal identification number or any
telecommunication device that is capable of acquiring or facilitating the acquisition
of a telecommunication service without the express consent or express authorization
of the telecommunication service provider, or that has been altered, modified,
programmed or reprogrammed alone or in conjunction with another
telecommunication device or other equipment to so acquire or facilitate the
unauthorized acquisition of a telecommunication service. "Unlawful
telecommunication device" also means: (a) phones altered to obtain service without
the express consent or express authorization of the telecommunication service
provider, tumbler phones, counterfeit or clone phones, tumbler microchips,
counterfeit or clone microchips, and other instruments capable of disguising their
identity or location or of gaining unauthorized access to a telecommunications
system, network or facility operated by a telecommunication service provider; and (b)
any telecommunication device which is capable of, or has been altered, designed,
modified, programmed or reprogrammed, alone or in conjunction with another
telecommunication device, so as to be capable of facilitating the disruption,
acquisition, receipt, transmission or decryption of a telecommunication service
without the express consent or express authorization of the telecommunication
service provider, including, but not limited to, any device, technology, product,
service, equipment, computer software, or component or part thereof, primarily
distributed, sold, designed, assembled, manufactured, modified, programmed,
reprogrammed or used for the purpose of providing the unauthorized receipt of,
transmission of, disruption of, decryption of, access to, or acquisition of any
telecommunication service provided by any telecommunication service provider.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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