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  • Waters v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for defendant. Sean P. Lugg, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilming-ton, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D69220

    The trial court applied the correct standard during a bench trial when it found defendant guilty of certain crimes, so denial of defendant's motion for a new trial was proper. A search of prison phone records was reasonable. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Stanford

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Michael F. McTaggart, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dist. of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the government.
    for defendant: Edson A. Bostic, David L. Pugh, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69213

    The court denied defendant's motion to suppress because the warrant was supported by probable cause.

  • United States v. Foster

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Graham L. Robin, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the government.
    for defendant: Peter A. Levin, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69205

    The court denied defendant's motions to dismiss, suppress, compel the production of documents, and limit certain evidence at trial.

  • State of Delaware v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69197

    In the interest of justice, the court concluded that defendant was entitled to the appointment of counsel to assist her in connection with her motion for postconviction relief.

  • State of Delaware v. Pumphrey

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Nyman, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69181

    The court denied defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because he failed to establish ineffective assistance of his trial counsel.

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  • State of Delaware v. Pinkston

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Denney, Jr., John S. Taylor, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69170

    Defendant's trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to request a jury instruction for a lesser-included offense.

  • State of Delaware v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Zubrow, Dep’t of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Natalie S. Woloshin, Woloshin, Lynch & Assoc., P.A, Wilmington, DE; Tasha M. Stevens, Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, P.A., Georgetown, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69139

    The court denied defendant's motion to withdraw his plea, because defendant failed to provide any fair and just reason for doing so.

  • State of Delaware v. Cruz-Webster

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Lugg, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Christopher S. Koyste, Law Office of Christopher S. Koyste LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69125

    Defendant failed to establish that his trial counsel was ineffective and that defendant suffered prejudice as a result.

  • Mendez-Garcia v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Isaac A. Rank, deputy attorney general for appellee.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Foley for appellant.
    Case Number: D69081

    The totality of the circumstances indicated that a police officer had probable cause to require a person to undergo an intoxilyzer test.

  • United States v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Cowen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69069

    The trial court's evidentiary rulings regarding the admission of business records and a statement by defendant's prior counsel were not erroneous. Affirmed.