DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.853(3)
Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle [Failure to Timely Return]
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 had possession of the vehicle under an agreement where the
vehicle was to be returned at a specified time;
(2) Defendant intentionally kept possession of the vehicle past the specified
time without permission; and
(3) Defendant kept the vehicle for such a length of time so as to constitute a
gross deviation from the agreement.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
keep the vehicle without permission.
“Gross deviation” means Defendant consciously did not follow a reasonable
standard of conduct, in the light of all the surrounding circumstances.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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