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  • State of Delaware v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Denney, Jr., Michael B. Cooksey, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Anthony A. Figiola, Jr., Greto Law, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69357

    The court denied defendant's motion for a new trial because the state did not improperly withhold excul-patory evidence and defendant failed to demonstrate any prejudice.

  • State of Delaware v. Belfield

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69340

    Defendant failed to demonstrate that his trial counsel's representation was inadequate, or that he suffered prejudice due to counsel's conduct.

  • Swan v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeve
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Williams, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Stamatios Stamoulis of Stamoulis & Weinblatt, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69332

    Defendant's motion for post-conviction relief was untimely and defendant did not demonstrate that any exception applied.

  • State of Delaware v. Ferguson

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Kriner, Diana A. Dunn, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Meyer, Alanna R. Farber, Office of Defense Serv., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69331

    Defendant's vague comment about having an attorney present during questioning by police did not invoke her right to counsel, and statements by a law enforcement officer were not intended to undermine defend-ant's rights.

  • State of Delaware v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin O’Connor, Elizabeth McFarlan, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69317

    Defendant failed to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, so the court rejected his motion for post-conviction relief.

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  • Daniels v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    for defendant: Carolyn S. Hake, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D69289

    The court erred in considering defendant's conviction for driving under the influence in another state, be-cause that state's law was not similar to Delaware's law.

  • State of Delaware v. King,

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric H. Zubrow, Erika R. Flaschner, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Kevin J. O’Connell, Christina L. Ruggiero, Delaware Office of Defense Serv., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69285

    Surveillance of defendant and seizure of an article from the trash did not require a search warrant.

  • State v. Ackridge

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John Barber, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69275

    After conducting a reverse amenability hearing, the court granted a juvenile's motion to have his pending criminal matter transferred to family court.

  • Gordon v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Bernard J. O’Donnell, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Williams, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for the State.
    Case Number: D69262

    Collective knowledge of possession of narcotics supported reasonable suspicion for traffic stop when officer's purported reason for the stop, a traffic violation, was unsupported by the facts.

  • State of Delaware v. Kolaco

    Publication Date: 2021-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Smith, Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Stephanie Blaisdell, Dover, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69259

    Holding an evidentiary hearing virtually did not violate a criminal defendant's constitutional rights.