Supreme Court of Delaware

Conviction for robbery, wearing a disguise during commission of felony, and conspiracy is reversed and remanded where: 1) the Superior Court erred as a matter of law in applying D.R.E. 608 to determine the admissibility of the character evidence offered by the accused for the purpose of proving the defendant acted in conformity with his character; and 2) although reasonable limits may be placed upon the number of character witnesses, the Superior Court's exclusion of all character evidence in this case under D.R.E. 403 was an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/29/2008
• Published 02/29/2008

Judges

• RIDGELY, Justice., Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and RIDGELY, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Malik, Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James T. Wakley, Esquire, of the Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.