Delaware Code
16 Del. C. § 4766 (2026)
Conviction of lesser offense [Repealed]
✓ current as of May 2026
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16 Del. C. 1953,
§
4762;
58 Del. Laws, c. 424,
§
1;
78 Del. Laws, c. 13,
§§
48, 49;
repealed by 82 Del. Laws, c. 217, § 15, effective Dec. 15, 2019.;
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2016–2018 · leading case: Rhoades v. State (Del. 2016).
Rhoades v. State (Del. 2016). “Under 16 Del. C. § 4766 and principles of Double Jeopardy, aggravated possession is a lesser included offense of drug dealing, requiring that the two crimes be merged for sentencing.”
State v. Steadman (Del. Super. Ct. 2018). “6 As charged in the indictment, the first count of Drug Dealing Tier 4 alleged that the offense occurred on March 23, 2017, and the second on May 2, 2017.”
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