11 Del. C. § 1339
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§ Â 1339. Adulteration; class G felony; class E felony; class A felony.
Official statutory text
(a) A person is guilty of adulteration when:
(1) The person adulterates any substance with the intent to cause death, physical injury or illness of a person;
(2) The person distributes, disseminates, gives, sells or otherwise transfers an adulterated substance with the intent to cause death, physical injury or illness of a person knowing or having reason to know that the substance has been adulterated as defined in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) “Adulteration” means the intentional adding of any substance, which has the capacity either acting alone or in conjunction with the other substance to cause death, physical injury or illness by ingestion, injection, inhalation or absorption, to another substance having a customary or reasonably foreseeable human use.
(c) Adulteration is a class G felony unless the adulteration actually causes physical injury or illness in which case it is a class E felony, or causes death in which case it is a class A felony.
(d) This offense is a separate and distinct offense and shall not limit or restrict prosecution for murder or any other criminal offense.
(1) The person adulterates any substance with the intent to cause death, physical injury or illness of a person;
(2) The person distributes, disseminates, gives, sells or otherwise transfers an adulterated substance with the intent to cause death, physical injury or illness of a person knowing or having reason to know that the substance has been adulterated as defined in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) “Adulteration” means the intentional adding of any substance, which has the capacity either acting alone or in conjunction with the other substance to cause death, physical injury or illness by ingestion, injection, inhalation or absorption, to another substance having a customary or reasonably foreseeable human use.
(c) Adulteration is a class G felony unless the adulteration actually causes physical injury or illness in which case it is a class E felony, or causes death in which case it is a class A felony.
(d) This offense is a separate and distinct offense and shall not limit or restrict prosecution for murder or any other criminal offense.
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