(a) No defense defined by this Criminal Code or by another statute may be considered by the jury unless the court is satisfied that some credible evidence supporting the defense has been presented.
(b) Evidence supports a defense when it tends to establish the existence of each element of the defense.
(c) If some credible evidence supporting a defense is presented, the defendant is entitled to a jury instruction that the jury must acquit the defendant if they find that the evidence raises a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 3. PROVING AND DISPROVING CRIMINAL GUILT
§ 301. State's prima facie case; proof beyond reasonable doubt.
§ 302. Jury instruction for defendant on reasonable doubt.
§ 303. Credible evidence to support defenses.
§ 304. Defendant's affirmative defenses; prove by preponderance of evidence.
§ 305. Exemption from criminal liability; affirmative defense to be proved by defendant.
§ 306. No conclusive presumptions; rebuttable presumptions and proof thereof.
§ 307. Jury inference of defendant's intention, recklessness, knowledge or belief.