DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.853(1)
Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE
In order to find Defendant guilty of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, you must
find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant took or used another person’s vehicle;
(2) Defendant did not have the owner’s consent to take, operate, use, ride in,
or exercise control over the vehicle; and
(3) Defendant acted knowingly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware Defendant did not have the owner’s
permission to use the vehicle, or Defendant believed it was practically certain
Defendant did not have permission to use the vehicle.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
2878f807e69c8ef1a696dc742b2ff108685ae426a3c516c9f5764d977a746c6a
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