Supreme Court of Delaware
Pierce v. State of Delaware, 56, 2006
A conviction for rape and attempted rape is affirmed over claims that: 1) the incident leading to his conviction should be viewed as a single, ongoing incident rather than four separate and distinct assaults because his acts took no longer than 15 minutes to complete; and 2) the superior court erred by refusing to give a specific jury instruction regarding single theory unanimity.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/08/2006
- Published 11/09/2006
Judges
- RIDGELY, Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices.
Court
- Supreme Court of Delaware
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Anthony A. Figliola, Jr. of Figliola & Facciolo, Wilmington, DE and James S. Friedman, Newark, NJ, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.