Supreme Court of Delaware - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

CLAWSON v. STATE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence is reversed where his intoxilyzer test result was inadmissible since the foundational...

ORTIZ v. STATE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Death row inmate raised six meritless points of error on direct review.

CLAWSON v. STATE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence is reversed where his intoxilyzer test result was inadmissible since the foundational...

SAUDI BASIC INDUS. v. MOBIL YANBU CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
A jury verdict in favor of defendant, finding that plaintiff had breached the parties' joint venture agreements, is affirmed over plaintiff's...

DURHAM v. STATE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for burglary and robbery are affirmed over his challenge that a sleeping juror denied him a fair trial.

LANG v. MORANT

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an automobile personal-injury action, the trial judge abused her discretion by setting aside a jury verdict in plaintiff's favor since the evidence...

GADOW v. PARKER

Civil Procedure
The Superior Court Civil Rules 12(b) and 8(c) require a defendant to raise the defense of limitations either in a motion to dismiss or as an...