Delaware Statutes
§ 792 — Coercion; truth and proper motive as a defense
Delaware § 792
JurisdictionDelaware
Title11
PartDelaware Criminal Code
Ch. 5SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Subch.Offenses Against the Person
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Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 11, § 792 (2026).
Text
In any prosecution for coercion committed by instilling in the victim a fear that the victim or another person would be charged with a crime, it is a defense that the defendant believed the threatened charge to be true and that the defendant’s sole purpose was to compel or induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the wrong which was the subject of the threatened charge.
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Legislative History
11 Del. C. 1953, § 792; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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