2016 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 21. RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES
§ 2102. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Attorney General'' includes any Deputy Attorney General or any other prosecutor of the State, county or municipality.

(2) "Bailable offense'' is any offense not punishable by death.

(3) "Capital crime'' includes any crime for which the punishment shall be death.

(4) "Cash personal appearance bond'' is a bond of the accused promising appearance in court, secured by cash only.

(5) "Court'' includes Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas, Family Court of the State, and Justice of the Peace Court.

(6) "Crime'' includes any offense which is punishable by a fine or imprisonment.

(7) "Personal recognizance'' is the written recognizance of the accused that the accused will obey the further direction of the court.

(8) "Record finding'' is a memorandum, notation, opinion, order or other writing in the file of the case of the accused reflecting the decision made by the court.

(9) "Secured personal appearance bond'' is a bond of the accused promising appearance in court, guaranteed by a surety, property, cash or other assets.

(10) "Unsecured personal appearance bond'' is an undertaking by the accused promising appearance in court where, upon failure to appear, the accused will be liable for the amount of the bond, but the bond is not guaranteed by any surety or specific pledge of property or other assets.

(11) "Violent felonies'' or "violent felony'' shall consist of all felonies designated as violent felonies in § 4201(c) of this title.

11 Del. C. 1953, § 2102; 56 Del. Laws, c. 231, § 1; 66 Del. Laws, c. 300, § 3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 176, § 14; 79 Del. Laws, c. 36, § 1.;