Delaware Code Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 856. Theft stolen property no defense;  receiving stolen property no defense;  conviction of both offenses

(a) In any prosecution for theft or theft of a firearm, it is no defense that the accused is in fact guilty of receiving stolen property or receiving a stolen firearm.  A person may be convicted of the crime which the person has in fact committed.

(b) In any prosecution for receiving stolen property or receiving a stolen firearm, it is no defense that the accused is in fact guilty of theft or theft of a firearm.  A person may be convicted of the crime which the person has in fact committed.

(c) A person may not be convicted of both theft and receiving stolen property, or both theft of a firearm and receiving a stolen firearm, with regard to property appropriated in the same transaction or series of transactions.  A person may be charged with the crime the person seems most likely to have committed and may be convicted as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.