DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.871(1)
Falsifying Business Records
FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS
In order to find Defendant guilty of Falsifying Business Records, you must find
the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant made or caused a false entry in an enterprise’s business records;
(2) Defendant meant to defraud the enterprise; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally.
“Defraud” means to acquire a gain or advantage by fraud.
“Fraud” means an intentional perversion, misrepresentation or concealment of
truth.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
cause monetary injury or loss to the enterprise by means of deceit.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
a5b2232ecaa510a92b38f76195616ce604d5eebe0f49f6e29c77dafd41134562
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