Delaware Code

11 Del. C. § 502 (2026)

Criminal solicitation in the second degree; class F felony

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A person is guilty of criminal solicitation in the second degree when, intending that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, the person solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in conduct which would constitute the felony or an attempt to commit the felony, or which would establish the other’s complicity in its commission or attempted commission.

Criminal solicitation in the second degree is a class F felony, unless the person is 18 years of age or older, and the other person had not yet reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time of the crime, in which case it is a class D felony, or unless the person is more than 3 years older than the other person, and the other person had not yet reached his or her fifteenth birthday at the time of the crime, in which case it is a class D felony.

11 Del. C. 1953, §  502;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  167 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  870 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  171 Del. Laws, c. 424, §  1
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1971–2018 · leading case: Boulware v. Battaglia, 327 F. Supp. 368 (D. Del. 1971).
Boulware v. Battaglia, 327 F. Supp. 368 (D. Del. 1971). · cites it 2× “See 11 Del.C. §§ 502, 503. The approach that the Drown Court took, however, is the approach that this Court believes to be the correct one in analyz *377 ing the constitutional claims of an individual involved in an administrative situation.”
State v. Brown (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 512; and one count of Criminal Solicitation in the Second Degree, 11 Del. C. § 502. 2. On October 17, 2013, the State filed a motion to declare Mr.”
State v. Brown (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). “§ 512; and one count of Criminal Solicitation in the Second Degree, 11 Del. C. § 502. 2. On October 17, 2013, the State filed a motion to declare Mr.”
Marvel v. State (Del. 2018). “6 11 Del. C. § 502. 7 11 Del. C. § 512. 4 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Affirm is GRANTED and the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.”
Dorsey v. Carroll, 393 F. Supp. 2d 272 (D. Del. 2005). “§ 1503), two counts of second degree criminal solicitation (11 Del. C. Ann. § 502), one count of trafficking 5 to 50 grams of cocaine (16 Del.”
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