Supreme Court of Delaware

Conviction for murder, possession of firearm during commission of a felony, assault, robbery, conspiracy, and possession of deadly weapon by a person prohibited is reversed and remanded where the trial judge erred by: 1) refusing to give a duress instruction to the jury; 2) refusing to give a duress instruction to the jury; 3) recounting her own recollection of defendant's age to the jury, but this particular error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/26/2007
• Published 12/26/2007

Judges

• STEELE, Chief Justice for the Majority., Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices constituting the court en banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for appellee.