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11 DE Code § 453. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 453. Circumstances negativing consent as defense.

§ 453. Circumstances negativing consent as defense. Unless otherwise provided by this Criminal Code or by the law defining the offense, consent of the victim does not constitute a defense if:  (1) It is given by a person who is legally incompetent to authorize the conduct charged to constitute the offense unless the defendant believes the victim is legally competent; or (2) It is given by a person who, because of youth, mental illness, mental condition, mental defect, serious mental disorder, psychiatric disorder or intoxication is manifestly unable or known by the defendant to be unable to make a reasonable judgment as to the nature or harmfulness of the conduct charged to constitute the offense; or (3) It is given by a person whose improvident consent is sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense; or (4) It is induced by force, duress or deception.11 Del. C. 1953, §  453;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 224, §  11;
11 DE Code § 454. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 454. Knowledge of victim's age.

§ 454. Knowledge of victim's age. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, it is no defense for an offense or sentencing provision defined in this title or in Title 16 or 31 which has as an element of such offense or sentencing provision the age of the victim that the accused did not know the age of the victim or reasonably believed the person to be of an age which would not meet the element of such offense or sentencing provision unless the statute defining such offense or sentencing provision or a statute directly related thereto expressly provides that knowledge of the victim's age is an element of the offense or that lack of such knowledge is a defense. 73 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  2;
11 DE Code § 461. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 461. Justification — A defense.

§ 461. Justification — A defense. In any prosecution for an offense, justification, as defined in §§ 462-471 of this title, is a defense. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  461;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
11 DE Code § 462. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 462. Justification — Execution of public duty.

§ 462. Justification — Execution of public duty. (a) Unless inconsistent with the ensuing sections of this Criminal Code defining justifiable use of physical force, or with some other provision of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable when it is required or authorized by a provision of law or by a judicial decree, including:  (1) Laws defining duties and functions of public officers; (2) Laws defining duties of private citizens to assist public servants in the performance of certain of their functions; (3) Laws governing the execution of legal process; (4) Laws governing the military services and the conduct of war; and (5) Judgments or orders of competent courts or tribunals. (b) The justification afforded by subsection (a) of this section applies when:  (1) The defendant's conduct is required or authorized by the judgment or order of a competent court or tribunal or in the lawful execution of legal process, notwithstanding lack of jurisdiction of the court or defect in the legal process; or (2) The defendant believes the conduct to be required or authorized to assist a public officer in the performance of the officer's duties, notwithstanding that the officer exceeded the officer's legal authority.11 Del. C. 1953, §  462;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 203, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 463. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 463. Justification — Choice of evils.

§ 463. Justification — Choice of evils. Unless inconsistent with the ensuing sections of this Criminal Code defining justifiable use of physical force, or with some other provisions of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable when it is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private injury which is about to occur by reason of a situation occasioned or developed through no fault of the defendant, and which is of such gravity that, according to ordinary standards of intelligence and morality, the desirability and urgency of avoiding such injury clearly outweigh the desirability of avoiding the injury sought to be prevented by the statute defining the offense in issue. The necessity and justifiability of such conduct may not rest upon considerations pertaining only to the morality and advisability of the statute, either in its general application or with respect to its application to a particular class of cases arising thereunder. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  463;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;
11 DE Code § 464. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 464. Justification — Use of force in self-protection.

§ 464. Justification — Use of force in self-protection. (a) The use of force upon or toward another person is justifiable when the defendant reasonably believes that such force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting the defendant against the use of unlawful force by the other person on the present occasion. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, a person employing protective force may estimate the necessity thereof under the circumstances as the person reasonably believes them to be when the force is used, without retreating, surrendering possession, doing any other act which the person has no legal duty to do or abstaining from any lawful action. (c) The use of deadly force is justifiable under this section if the defendant reasonably believes that such force is necessary to protect the defendant against death, serious physical injury, kidnapping or sexual intercourse compelled by force or threat. (d) The use of force is not justifiable under this section to resist an arrest which the defendant knows or should know is being made by a peace officer, whether or not the arrest is lawful. (e) The use of deadly force is not justifiable under this section if:  (1) The defendant, with the purpose of causing death or serious physical injury, provoked the use of force against the defendant in the same encounter; or (2) The defendant knows that the necessity of using deadly force can be avoided with complete safety by retreating, by surrendering possession of a thing to a person asserting a claim of right thereto or by complying with a demand that the defendant abstain from performing an act which the defendant is not legally obligated to perform except that:  a. The defendant is not obliged to retreat in or from the defendant's dwelling; and b. The defendant is not obliged to retreat in or from the defendant's place of work, unless the defendant was the initial aggressor; and c. A public officer justified in using force in the performance of the officer's duties, or a person justified in using force in assisting an officer or a person justified in using force in making an arrest or preventing an escape, need not desist from efforts to perform the duty or make the arrest or prevent the escape because of resistance or threatened resistance by or on behalf of the person against whom the action is directed.11 Del. C. 1953, §  464;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 203, §  5;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 1;
11 DE Code § 465. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 465. Justification — Use of force for the protection of other persons.

§ 465. Justification — Use of force for the protection of other persons. (a) The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable to protect a third person when:  (1) The defendant would have been justified under § 464 of this title in using such force to protect the defendant against the injury the defendant reasonably believes to be threatened to the person whom the defendant seeks to protect; and (2) Under the circumstances as the defendant reasonably believes them to be, the person whom the defendant seeks to protect would have been justified in using such protective force; and (3) The defendant reasonably believes that intervention is necessary for the protection of the other person. (b) Although the defendant would have been obliged under § 464 of this title to retreat, to surrender the possession of a thing or to comply with a demand before using force in self-protection, there is no obligation to do so before using force for the protection of another person, unless the defendant knows that the defendant can thereby secure the complete safety of the other person. (c) When the person whom the defendant seeks to protect would have been obliged under § 464 of this title to retreat, to surrender the possession of a thing or to comply with a demand if the person knew that the person could obtain complete safety by so doing, the defendant is obliged to try to cause the person to do so before using force in the person's protection if the actor knows that complete safety can be secured in that way. (d) Neither the defendant nor the person whom the defendant seeks to protect is obliged to retreat when in the other's dwelling or place of work to any greater extent than in their own. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  465;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 2;
11 DE Code § 466. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 466. Justification — Use of force for the protection of property.

§ 466. Justification — Use of force for the protection of property. (a) The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable when the defendant reasonably believes that such force is immediately necessary:  (1) To prevent the commission of criminal trespass or burglary in a building or upon real property in the defendant's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the defendant acts; or (2) To prevent entry upon real property in the defendant's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the defendant acts; or (3) To prevent theft, criminal mischief or any trespassory taking of tangible, movable property in the defendant's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the defendant acts. (b) The defendant may in the circumstances named in subsection (a) of this section use such force as the defendant reasonably believes is necessary to protect the threatened property, provided that the defendant first requests the person against whom force is used to desist from interference with the property, unless the defendant reasonably believes that:  (1) Such a request would be useless; or (2) It would be dangerous to the defendant or another person to make the request; or (3) Substantial harm would be done to the physical condition of the property which is sought to be protected before the request could effectively be made. (c) The use of deadly force for the protection of property is justifiable only if the defendant reasonably believes that:  (1) The person against whom the force is used is attempting to dispossess the defendant of the defendant's dwelling otherwise than under a claim of right to its possession; or (2) The person against whom the deadly force is used is attempting to commit arson, burglary, robbery or felonious theft or property destruction and either:  a. Had employed or threatened deadly force against or in the presence of the defendant; or b. Under the circumstances existing at the time, the defendant reasonably believed the use of force other than deadly force would expose the defendant, or another person in the defendant's presence, to the reasonable likelihood of serious physical injury. (d) Where a person has used force for the protection of property and has not been convicted for any crime or offense connected with that use of force, such person shall not be liable for damages or be otherwise civilly liable to the one against whom such force was used. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  466;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 266, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 3;
11 DE Code § 469. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 469. Justification — Person unlawfully in dwelling.

§ 469. Justification — Person unlawfully in dwelling. In the prosecution of an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring an intruder who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in the occupant's own dwelling at the time of the offense, and:  (1) The encounter between the occupant and intruder was sudden and unexpected, compelling the occupant to act instantly; or (2) The occupant reasonably believed that the intruder would inflict personal injury upon the occupant or others in the dwelling; or (3) The occupant demanded that the intruder disarm or surrender, and the intruder refused to do so.63 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 470. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 470. Provisions generally applicable to justification.

§ 470. Provisions generally applicable to justification. (a) When the defendant reasonably believes that the use of force upon or toward the person of another is necessary for any of the purposes for which such relief would establish a justification under § § 462-468 of this title but the defendant is reckless or negligent in having such belief or in acquiring or failing to acquire any knowledge or belief which is material to the justifiability of the use of force, the justification afforded by those sections is unavailable in a prosecution for an offense for which recklessness or negligence, as the case may be, suffices to establish culpability. (b) When the defendant is justified under §§ 462-468 of this title in using force upon or toward the person of another but the defendant recklessly or negligently injures or creates a risk of injury to innocent persons, the justification afforded by those sections is unavailable in a prosecution for an offense involving recklessness or negligence towards innocent persons. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  469;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 6;
11 DE Code § 471. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 471. Definitions relating to justification.

§ 471. Definitions relating to justification. (a) “Deadly force” means force which the defendant uses with the purpose of causing or which the defendant knows creates a substantial risk of causing death or serious physical injury, including the use of a chokehold as “chokehold” is defined under § 607A of this title. Purposely firing a firearm in the direction of another person or at a vehicle in which another person is believed to be constitutes deadly force. A threat to cause death or serious bodily harm, by the production of a weapon or otherwise, so long as the defendant's purpose is limited to creating an apprehension that deadly force will be used if necessary, does not constitute deadly force. (b) “Dwelling” means any building or structure, though movable or temporary, or a portion thereof, which is for the time being the defendant's home or place of lodging. (c) “Force,” in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes confinement. (d) “Physical force” means force used upon or directed toward the body of another person. (e) (1) “Reasonably believes,” when applied to a defendant who is not a law-enforcement officer acting in the officer's official capacity, means holds a belief that is reasonable from the viewpoint of a reasonable person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances. (2) “Reasonably believes,” when applied to a defendant who is a law-enforcement officer acting in the officer's official capacity, means holds a belief that is reasonable from the viewpoint of a reasonable law-enforcement officer in the defendant's situation under the circumstances. (f) “Unlawful force” means force which is employed without the consent of the person against whom it is directed and the employment of which constitutes an offense or actionable tort or would constitute such offense or tort except for a defense (such as the absence of intent, negligence or mental capacity; duress; youth; or diplomatic status) not amounting to a privilege to use the force. Assent constitutes consent, within the meaning of this section, whether or not it otherwise is legally effective, except assent to the infliction of death or serious bodily harm. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  470;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 276, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 7;
11 DE Code § 475. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 475. Immunity as an affirmative defense.

§ 475. Immunity as an affirmative defense. In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that the accused was granted immunity from prosecution for that offense by the Attorney General or a Deputy Attorney General or by court order pursuant to § 3506 of this title. It is also an affirmative defense that the accused was granted immunity from prosecution for a different offense when prosecution for the offense now charged would have been barred by prosecution for the offense as to which immunity was granted under § 208 of this title; provided, that the Attorney General or a Deputy Attorney General may, in granting immunity, stipulate that the immunity applies only to a specific offense, in which case effect shall be given to the stipulation. 11 Del. C. 1953, §  475;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 271, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 476. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 476. Racketeering activities; excluded defenses.

§ 476. Racketeering activities; excluded defenses. (a) In any prosecution under Chapter 15 of this title where it is alleged that the offender or offenders were acting as members of a group or informal organization it shall be no defense to such prosecution or were engaged in any form of racketeering or racketeering activity, that:  (1) One or more members of the group or organization are not criminally responsible for the offense for which the prosecution is brought; (2) One or more members of the group or organization have been acquitted, have not been prosecuted or convicted, have been convicted of a different offense or are immune from prosecution; (3) A different person has been charged with, acquitted or convicted of any offense set forth in Chapter 15 of this title. (b) Once an act of racketeering has been initiated by a group and there is a subsequent change in the number or identity of persons in such group or organization, as long as 2 or more of the original members remain in such group or are involved in a continuing course of conduct constituting an offense under Chapter 15 of this title, it shall be no defense to claim that the defendant was not part of the group or organization. 65 Del. Laws, c. 493, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 477. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 4. Defenses to Criminal Liability|§ 477. Organized crime; renunciation.

§ 477. Organized crime; renunciation. (a) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under § 1503 of this title, that under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of the criminal objective, the defendant withdrew from the proposed or intended unlawful activity before the commission of an offense set forth in Chapter 15 of this title; and that such person took further affirmative action that, in whole or in part, prevented the commission of the offense. (b) Renunciation is not “voluntary,” if it is motivated in whole or in part:  (1) By circumstances not present or apparent at the inception of the defendant's course of conduct that increased the probability of detection or apprehension, or that made more difficult the accomplishment of the objective; or (2) By a decision to postpone the criminal conduct until another time, or to transfer the criminal act to another (but similar) objective or victim. (c) Evidence that the defendant withdrew from the unlawful activity before commission of an offense set forth in Chapter 15 of this title, and made substantial effort to prevent the commission of an offense under that chapter, shall be admissible as mitigation at the hearing on punishment if such person has been found guilty; and in the event of a finding of renunciation under this section, the punishment of such person shall be less than that which would otherwise be imposed. The Court shall determine the extent and genuineness of the renunciation, and determine the reduction. 65 Del. Laws, c. 493, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
11 DE Code § 1501. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15. Organized Crime and Racketeering|§ 1501. Statement of purpose.

§ 1501. Statement of purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to guard against and prevent the infiltration and illegal acquisition of legitimate economic enterprises by racketeering practices, and the use and exploitation of both legal and illegal enterprises to further criminal activities. This chapter is intended to apply to conduct beyond what is traditionally regarded as “organized crime” or “racketeering.” 65 Del. Laws, c. 493, §  1;
11 DE Code § 1503. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15. Organized Crime and Racketeering|§ 1503. Violations.

§ 1503. Violations. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to conduct or participate in the conduct of the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of an unlawful debt. (b) It is unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property or personal property, of any nature, including money. (c) It is unlawful for any person who has received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity in which such person has participated, to use or invest, directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds or any proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any interest in, or the establishment or operation of, any enterprise or real property. (d) It is unlawful for any person to conspire or attempt to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section. 65 Del. Laws, c. 493, §  1;