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Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Medinilla
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colleen Durkin, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for State.
for defendant: Meghan E. Crist, Assistant Public Defender, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69615
The court held that factors such as defendant's maturity and lack of prior criminal record supported a finding that defendant can rehabilitate, making a transfer of defendant's criminal charges to Family Court under 10 Del. C. § 1011 appropriate.
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wharton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn S. Hake, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the DE.
for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69617
The court found defendant's claims to support a new trial were barred as untimely under Rule 61(i)(1), as a successive motion under Rule 61(i)(2), and, in part, by procedural default under Rule 61(i)(3) because the evidence failed to satisfy the new evidence of actual innocence standard of Rule 61.
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Jones
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Lugg, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Wilmington, DE, for the State.
for defendant: Christopher Koyste, Bellefonte, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69616
The court held that defendant was not entitled to post-conviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 where certain perjured testimony by a supposed eyewitness did not prejudice defendant's conviction, where there was no prej-udicial prosecutorial misconduct and where the issue of a Brady violation was moot.
Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Maureen McCartney, Jesse S. Wenger, Christopher L. de Barrena-Sarobe, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edson A. Bostic, The Bostic Law Firm, Philadelphia, PA; Conor Wilson, Office of The Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE; Jose Luis Ongay, Law Offices of Jose Luis Ongay, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Michael N. Huff, Law Offices of Michael N. Huff, Philadelphia, PA; Luis A. Ortiz, Law Offices of Luis A. Ortiz, Philadelphia, PA; Christopher G. Furlong, Law Offices of Christopher G. Furlong, Media, PA for defendants.
Case Number: D69613
Cyberstalking constituted a predicate crime of violence to support a firearms charge, where the elements of the charged cyberstalking offense necessarily alleged that defendant engaged in conduct that involved threatening the use of physical force or violence.
Publication Date: 2021-11-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christofer Curtis Johnson, The Johnson Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69599
The court held that where plaintiff alleged that when police received a tip about drug dealing at his house, police did not investigate further but forcibly subdued and arrested him, plaintiff stated a claim for excessive force and unlawful arrest.
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Publication Date: 2021-11-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wharton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria T. Knoll, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Samuel L. Guy, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69064
Counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a Brady claim arising from the criminal conduct of a state expert, where the expert was not arrested until after defendant's conviction and there was no evidence the prosecution had any knowledge of the expert's ongoing misconduct at the time of defendant's trial.
Publication Date: 2021-09-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Karsnitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin A. Gardner, Derek Gay, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
for defendant: James P. Murray, Assistant Public Defender, Georgetown, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69548
Because a jury had acquitted defendant of a predicate crime, the court granted defendant's motion to also acquit him of the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
Publication Date: 2021-09-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
for defendant: Benjamin S. Gifford IV, Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford IV, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69549
The trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant's motion to suppress because a search warrant lacked particularity, and allowing the state to introduce information gleaned from defendant's smartphone into evidence was not harmless error.
Publication Date: 2021-09-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Medinilla
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Buckworth, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
for defendant: Meghan Crist, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69547
The court granted a juvenile defendant's motion to transfer her criminal charges to family court because the evidence indicated defendant was amenable to the rehabilitative process of the family court.
Publication Date: 2021-07-21
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Matey
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D69476
A police officer initiated a valid traffic stop, and the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to sup-press evidence of a firearm which was within plain view.
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