Del. C. » Title 11 — Delaware Criminal Code · CHAPTER 5. Specific Offenses · Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Delaware Code

11 Del. C. § 602 (2026)

Menacing; unclassified misdemeanor

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section DE-DELCdelcode.delaware.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) A person is guilty of menacing when by some movement of body or any instrument the person intentionally places another person in fear of imminent physical injury.

Menacing is an unclassified misdemeanor.

(b) A person is guilty of aggravated menacing when by displaying what appears to be a deadly weapon that person intentionally places another person in fear of imminent physical injury. Aggravated menacing is a class E felony.

11 Del. C. 1953, §  602;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, §  8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 159, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Pitts v. Delaware, 646 F.3d 151 (3d Cir. 2011).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Pitts v. Delaware, 646 F.3d 151 (3d Cir. 2011). “Spence charged Pitts with aggravated menacing, a charge that requires that the defendant place the victim in fear of imminent physical injury, 11 Del. C. § 602(a), for having “CHASED VICTIM WYKPISZ WITH A LONG WOODEN POLE.”
Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Small, 176 A.3d 632 (Del. 2017). · cites it 2× “, 11 Del. C. § 602 (prohibiting display of a firearm with the intent to place another in fear of imminent physical injury); id.”
Phillips v. Keve, 422 F. Supp. 1136 (D. Del. 1976). “The Court, therefore, finds, as a matter of law on the undisputed material facts, that plaintiff was not denied the process due him on the three occasions that he received 24 hour lock-ups.”
Kegler v. State (Del. 2024). · cites it 3× “35 11 Del. C. § 602(b). Theft is not an element of aggravated menacing as Kegler suggests.”
Thomas v. State (Del. 2016). · cites it 2× “” 5 Thomas argues that there was insufficient evidence in this case that he intentionally placed Murphy in fear of imminent physical injury because Murphy testified that he approached Thomas from the rear of the Nissan and the two men never had a face-to-face confrontation.”
Navarro v. State (Del. 2019). · cites it 2× “11 Del. C. § 602(a); 11 Del. C. § 4206(c).”
Jones v. State (Del. 2020). · cites it 2× “19, 2004) (TABLE); see also 11 Del. C. § 602. 24 See Graham, 2004 WL 557168 , at *3.”
Jones v. State (Del. 2020). · cites it 2× “35 “A person is guilty of aggravated menacing when by displaying what appears to be a deadly weapon that person intentionally places another person in fear of imminent physical injury.”
State v. Jones (Del. Super. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “111 11 Del. C. § 602(b) (emphasis added). 112 See Graham v.”
State v. White (Del. Super. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 604; nine counts of Aggravated Menacing, 11 Del. C. § 602; three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, 11 Del.”
State v. Carter (Del. Super. Ct. 2017). “at 81:3-23; 11 Del. C. § 602 (“A person is guilty of aggravated menacing when by displaying what appears to be a deadly weapon .”
State v. Weil (Del. Super. Ct. 2017). “§ 1448, one count of Aggravated Menacing, 11 Del. C. § 602, and one count of Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited, 11 Del.”
Show all 21 citing cases →
11 Del. C. § 602(a): 2 cases
Pitts v. Delaware, 646 F.3d 151 (3d Cir. 2011). “Spence charged Pitts with aggravated menacing, a charge that requires that the defendant place the victim in fear of imminent physical injury, 11 Del. C. § 602(a), for having “CHASED VICTIM WYKPISZ WITH A LONG WOODEN POLE.”
Navarro v. State (Del. 2019). “11 Del. C. § 602(a); 11 Del. C. § 4206(c).”
11 Del. C. § 602(b): 12 cases
Kegler v. State (Del. 2024). “35 11 Del. C. § 602(b). Theft is not an element of aggravated menacing as Kegler suggests.”
Thomas v. State (Del. 2016). “” 5 Thomas argues that there was insufficient evidence in this case that he intentionally placed Murphy in fear of imminent physical injury because Murphy testified that he approached Thomas from the rear of the Nissan and the two men never had a face-to-face confrontation.”
Jones v. State (Del. 2020). “35 “A person is guilty of aggravated menacing when by displaying what appears to be a deadly weapon that person intentionally places another person in fear of imminent physical injury.”
State v. Jones (Del. Super. Ct. 2022). “111 11 Del. C. § 602(b) (emphasis added). 112 See Graham v.”
Medkeff v. State (Del. 2018).
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.