Supreme Court of Delaware

A homicide victim's hearsay statements are admissible under Rule 803(3) of the Delaware Rules of Evidence, if they express the victim's then-existing state of mind or intended future conduct, and are relevant to proving defendant's motive to kill; statements were properly admitted without a limiting instruction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2002
• Published 06/13/2002

Judges

• VEASEY, Chief Justice:, Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edmund M. Hillis (argued), Todd E. Conner, Assistant Public Defenders, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy J. Donovan, Jr. (argued), Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.