DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.906(7)
Deceptive Business Practices[Prize/Award]
DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
In order to find Defendant guilty of Deceptive Business Practices, you must
find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant notified a person that the person had won a prize, received an
award, been selected, or was eligible to receive anything of value;
(2) The person was required to respond through the use of a 900 service
telephone number or similar service; and
(2) Defendant acted knowingly or recklessly.
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware of the nature of Defendant’s
conduct.
“Recklessly” means Defendant was aware of and consciously disregarded a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that false information would result from Defendant’s
conduct. The State must demonstrate the risk was of such a nature and degree
Defendant’s disregard of it was a gross deviation from the standard of conduct a
reasonable person would observe under the same circumstances.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
f19344a2daedbd7fba0396cab45368edf0c80d6beaac216eff2287e2af212078
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