Delaware Code
Chapter 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES
§ 271. Liability for the conduct of another — Generally.

A person is guilty of an offense committed by another person when:

(1) Acting with the state of mind that is sufficient for commission of the offense, the person causes an innocent or irresponsible person to engage in conduct constituting the offense; or
(2) Intending to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense the person:

a. Solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to commit it; or
b. Aids, counsels or agrees or attempts to aid the other person in planning or committing it; or
c. Having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make a proper effort to do so; or
(3) The person's conduct is expressly declared by this Criminal Code or another statute to establish the person's complicity.
Nothing in this section shall apply to any law-enforcement officer or the officer's agent while acting in the lawful performance of duty.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFENSES

§ 201. General purposes.

§ 202. All offenses defined by statute.

§ 203. Principles of construction.

§ 204. Territorial applicability.

§ 205. Time limitations.

§ 206. Method of prosecution when conduct constitutes more than 1 offense.

§ 207. When prosecution is barred by former prosecution for the same offense.

§ 208. When prosecution is barred by former prosecution for different offense.

§ 209. Former prosecution in another jurisdiction; when a bar.

§ 210. Former prosecution before court lacking jurisdiction or when fraudulently procured by defendant.

§ 211. Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities.

§ 221. Principles of definitions.

§ 222. General definitions.

§ 223. Words of gender or number.

§ 224. Valuation of property.

§ 231. Definitions relating to state of mind.

§ 232. Definition relating to elements of offense.

§ 233. Definition and classification of offenses.

§ 234. Definition of terms requiring certain sentences.

§ 241. Conviction to precede punishment.

§ 242. Requirements for criminal liability in general.

§ 243. Definition of “voluntary act.”

§ 251. Proof of state of mind required unless otherwise provided; strict liability.

§ 252. Prescribed state-of-mind requirement applies to all material elements.

§ 253. Substitutes for criminal negligence, recklessness and knowledge.

§ 254. Conditional intention.

§ 255. Knowledge of high probability.

§ 261. Causation.

§ 262. Intentional or knowing causation; different result from that expected.

§ 263. Reckless or negligent causation; different result from that expected or overlooked.

§ 264. Causation in offenses of strict liability.

§ 271. Liability for the conduct of another — Generally.

§ 272. Liability for the conduct of another — No defense.

§ 273. Liability for the conduct of another — Exemption.

§ 274. Offenses involving 2 or more persons; convictions for different degrees of offense.

§ 275. Indictment as principal and conviction as accomplice; indictment as accomplice and conviction as principal.

§ 281. Criminal liability of organizations.

§ 282. Criminal liability of an individual for organizational conduct.

§ 283. Impermissible organizational activity no defense.

§ 284. Definitions relating to organizational liability.