Supreme Court of Delaware

Conviction for rape offenses is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial judge abused its discretion by allowing the child complainant's mother to sit on the witness stand behind the child while the child testified before the jury; 2) the trial judge committed plain error by allowing evidence of a similar uncharged offense to be introduced into evidence; and 3) the prosecutor's statements during closing arguments amounted to improper vouching.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2008
• Published 03/17/2008

Judges

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

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernard J. O'Donnell, Esquire, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory E. Smith, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.