Supreme Court of Delaware

A conviction for first degree murder and a related count is reversed where the trial judge abused her discretion by limiting a cellmate's testimony regarding defendant's out-of-court statements, because such testimony was offered to contradict and impeach another cellmate's statements recounting defendant's admitting to the murder, and not for the truth of the matter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2007
• Published 04/18/2007

Judges

• STEELE, Chief Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nicole M. Walker, Office of Public Defender, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for appellee.