Supreme Court of Delaware

Defendant's constitutional right to trial by an impartial jury was violated by a jury foreperson's participation in a capital murder case, where the juror's answer to a voir dire question about being the victim of a violent crime was purposefully untrue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2003
• Published 05/27/2003

Judges

• HOLLAND, Justice., Before WALSH, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward Gill, Esquire (argued), Georgetown, Delaware, and Kevin M. Howard, Esquire, Young & Malmberg, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Williams, Esquire (argued) and Marie O'Connor Graham, Esquire, Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for appellee.