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  • McNeil v. Metzger

    Publication Date: 2020-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68924

    The court denied habeas corpus relief because petitioner voluntarily entered a guilty plea and he failed to demonstrate ineffec-tive assistance of counsel.

  • State of Delaware v. Wisher

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Flaschner and Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Cathy Johnson and Charles Tate, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68916

    The court denied a juvenile's motion to transfer charges to family court, because the juvenile engaged in conduct that was in-creasingly violent, and he had not meaningfully responded to past attempts at rehabilitation.

  • State of Delaware v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Frawley, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Brian J. Chapman, Law Office of Brian J. Chapman, Newark, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68901

    The court denied a juvenile defendant's motion to transfer his case to family court.

  • State of Delaware v. Purnell

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68900

    The court summarily dismissed defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because it was untimely.

  • State of Delaware v. Purnell

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68900

    The court summarily dismissed defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because it was untimely.

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  • State of Delaware v. Desmond

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68891

    Defendant was not entitled to removal of this criminal action to federal court, because he failed to identify any racial discrimi-nation issues, and he did not demonstrate that the judge in the state court proceeding was unqualified. Denial of petition for re-moval affirmed.

  • Damiani-Melendez v. Metzger

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pablo Damiani-Melendez, pro se petitioner.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for respondents.
    Case Number: D68887

    Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied as untimely as there was not enough time that could be equitably tolled from the limitations to render timely a petition filed three years after conviction became final.

  • State of Delaware v. Mareno

    Publication Date: 2020-02-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian D. Wright, 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: D68876

    A criminal defendant was not entitled to relief for ineffective assistance of counsel because he had accepted a plea agreement and the sentence was within the range contemplated by the agreement.

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Koyste, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Abby L. Adams, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68856

    Judgment of acquittal on second-degree attempted assault conviction as lesser-included offense of first-degree murder properly denied where evidence at trial was sufficient to find that defendant, who intended to assault a completely different victim, intended to cause serious bodily injury where he attempted to find the intended victim in a rage, recruited two associates, and armed himself with a firearm.

  • United States v. Small

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68853

    Searches of defendant's vehicle and home were constitutionally valid, so denial of a motion to suppress was proper.