DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 5.60
Non-Statutory Defenses - General
NON-STATUTORY DEFENSES
The defendant has raised the defense of [defense]. If the evidence of this
defense raises a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt, you must give the
defendant the benefit of that doubt and find the defendant not guilty.
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Non-statutory defenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
Alibi
Accident (unavoidable)
Identification of the defendant
Mistake of law
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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