Delaware Statutes
§ 1246 — Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor
Delaware·Title 11·Part Delaware Criminal Code·Ch. 5 SPECIFIC OFFENSES·Subch. Offenses Against Public Administration
A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:
(1)The person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from a person upon any representation or pretense that criminal prosecution of such person shall be dropped, withheld or abandoned, or the sentence thereon reduced, or upon any promise to assert pretended influence to cause such criminal prosecution to be dropped, withheld or abandoned or the sentence thereon reduced; or
(2)The person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon another person upon an agreement or understanding that the other person will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.
Compounding a crime is a class A misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
11 Del. C. 1953, § 1246; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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