A person is guilty of improper influence when:

(1) The person threatens unlawful harm to any person with intent to influence the latter’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant, party officer or voter; or

(2) The person threatens unlawful harm to any public servant or party officer with intent to influence that public servant or party officer to violate that public servant’s or party officer’s duty as a public servant or party officer.

Attorney's Note

Under the Delaware Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $2,300
For details, see Del. Code Ann.tit. 11, § 4206

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Improper influence is a class A misdemeanor.

11 Del. C. 1953, § ?1207; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;