Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 523 – Criminal solicitation and conspiracy unaffected by matters relating …
(a) It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited because of irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or because of unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct solicited or of the defendant‘s criminal purpose or because of other factors precluding the mental state required for the commission of the crime in question.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 523
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal conspiracy that, because of irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or because of unawareness of the criminal nature of the agreement or the conduct contemplated or of the defendant’s criminal purpose or because of other factors precluding the mental state required for commission of the conspiracy or the crime contemplated, 1 or more of the defendant’s coconspirators could not be guilty of the conspiracy or the crime contemplated.
11 Del. C. 1953, § ?523; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1;