Supreme Court of Delaware

Convictions for Rape First Degree, Unlawful Imprisonment First Degree, and Aggravated Menacing are reversed and remanded where the prosecutor vouched for the State's case by commenting, in his closing remarks to the jury, that falsely reported rapes do not go to trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/09/2008
• Published 12/09/2008

Judges

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

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James J. Haley, Jr., Ferrara, Haley & Collins, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.


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