Supreme Court of Delaware

A conviction and sentence for a drug related offense is remanded for another in camera hearing where the trial judge did not conduct an adequate in camera hearing to determine whether a confidential informer, who arranged and witnessed the drug transaction that led to defendant's arrest, had information that could materially aid defendant's defense of mistaken identity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2006
• Published 08/21/2006

Judges

• HOLLAND, Justice., Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER and JACOBS, Justices, and NOBLE, Vice Chancellor, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sandra W. Dean, Esquire, Office of the Public Defender, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Williams, Esquire, Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for appellee.