Delaware Code
Chapter 4. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
§ 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.

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Delaware Code

Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 4. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY

§ 401. Mental illness or psychiatric disorder.

§ 402. Rules to prescribe procedures for psychiatric examination; testimony of psychiatrist or other expert.

§ 403. Verdict of “not guilty by reason of insanity;” commitment to Delaware Psychiatric Center of persons no longer endangering the public safety; periodic review of commitments to Delaware Psychiatric Center; participation of patient in treatment p...

§ 404. Confinement in Delaware Psychiatric Center of persons too mentally ill to stand trial; requiring State to prove prima facie case in such circumstances; adjustment of sentences.

§ 405. Confinement in Delaware Psychiatric Center of persons developing mental illness after conviction but before sentencing; adjustment of sentences.

§ 406. Transfer of convicted persons becoming mentally disabled from prison to Delaware Psychiatric Center; appointment of physicians to conduct inquiry; expenses of transfer.

§ 408. Verdict of “guilty, but mentally ill” — Sentence; confinement; discharge from treating facility.

§ 409. Verdict of “guilty, but mentally ill” — Parole; probation.

§ 421. Voluntary intoxication.

§ 422. Intoxication not mental illness.

§ 423. Involuntary intoxication as a defense.

§ 424. Definitions relating to intoxication.

§ 431. Duress as affirmative defense; defense unavailable in certain situations.

§ 432. Entrapment as affirmative defense; defense unavailable in certain situations.

§ 441. Ignorance or mistake of fact as defense.

§ 451. Consent of victim to acts not involving physical injury as defense.

§ 452. Consent of victim to inflictions of physical injury as defense.

§ 453. Circumstances negativing consent as defense.

§ 454. Knowledge of victim's age.

§ 461. Justification — A defense.

§ 462. Justification — Execution of public duty.

§ 463. Justification — Choice of evils.

§ 464. Justification — Use of force in self-protection.

§ 465. Justification — Use of force for the protection of other persons.

§ 466. Justification — Use of force for the protection of property.

§ 467. Justification — Use of force in law enforcement.

§ 468. Justification — Use of force by persons with special responsibility for care, discipline or safety of others.

§ 469. Justification — Person unlawfully in dwelling.

§ 470. Provisions generally applicable to justification.

§ 471. Definitions relating to justification.

§ 475. Immunity as an affirmative defense.

§ 476. Racketeering activities; excluded defenses.

§ 477. Organized crime; renunciation.