DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.882(1)
Receiving a Bribe [Employee/Agent]
RECEIVING A BRIBE - EMPLOYEE/AGENT
In order to find Defendant guilty of Receiving a Bribe, you must find the State
proved the following five (5) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant solicited, accepted, or agreed to accept a benefit;
(2 ) Defendant accepted the benefit under an agreement to take some action
regarding Defendant’s employer’s affairs;
(3) Defendant was an employee or agent of the employer or principal at the
time;
(4) Defendant acted without the employer’s or principal’s consent; and
(5) Such action was not reasonable in light of factors Defendant should have
taken into account.
“Without consent” means Defendant did not have the employer’s opr
principal’s permission to take the action in question.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
ce0b0081a3bcda4cfbd5481ae5411fb381353131100a752cc4eed923d2ed8dc7
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