Delaware Code § 16-4751A

Aggravating factors related to drug offenses
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For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Each of the following is an "aggravating factor" within the meaning of the offenses in this subchapter:
a. The offense was committed within a protected school zone, as defined in § 4701 of this title.
b.-d. [Repealed.]
e. The defendant, during or immediately following the commission of any offense in this did 1 of the following:
1. Intentionally prevented or attempted to prevent a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 222 of Title 11, from effecting an
arrest or detention of the defendant by use of force or violence towards the law-enforcement officer.
2. Intentionally fled in a vehicle from a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 222 of Title 11, while the law-enforcement
officer was effecting an arrest or detention of the defendant, thereby creating a substantial risk of physical injury to other persons.
(2) When a defendant is alleged to have committed an offense under this subchapter with an aggravating factor under paragraph
(1)e.1. of this section, the defendant may be charged with resisting arrest under § 1257 of Title 11 or the offense to which the aggravating
factor applies, but not both.
(3) For an aggravating factor under paragraph (1)a. of this section to be charged, a defendant must commit the conduct of an offense
under this subchapter in a protected school zone. The aggravating factor under paragraph (1)a. of this section may not be charged if
a defendant commits the conduct of an offense under this subchapter outside a protected school zone but is arrested in a protected
school zone.

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