Supreme Court of Delaware

Delaware's conspiracy and accomplice-liability statutes contain an "agreement" element, and defendant's acquittal for conspiracy precludes the State from arguing an accomplice-liability theory based on an agreement in a subsequent trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/26/2005
• Published 08/26/2005

Judges

• STEELE, Chief Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, Justices and LAMB, Vice Chancellor, constituting the court en banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Upon an appeal from the Superior Court.   REVERSED and REMANDED., Edward C. Gill, Georgetown and Kevin M. Howard (argued), Young, Malmberg & Howard, Dover, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Williams (argued) and Robert J. O'Neill, Jr., Department of Justice, Dover, for appellee.