Table of Contents

LATEST SUMMARIES

•Morgan v. State of Delaware
•Guererri v. State of Delaware
•Brookins v. State of Delaware

LATEST SUMMARIES

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
Morgan v. State of Delaware, No. 172, 2006
A conviction for attempted first degree murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, is reversed where the superior court committed reversible error when it admitted a narrative summary into evidence as a prior statement under Title 11, section 3507 of the Delaware Code.
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CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
Guererri v. State of Delaware, No. 375, 2006
A conviction and sentence on drug-related charges is affirmed over a claim that the superior court erroneously denied a motion to suppress evidence derived from a police officer's allegedly illegal search of defendant's residence, as the emergency doctrine exception to the Fourth Amendment justified the officers' broad search of the home.
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CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
Brookins v. State of Delaware, No. 306, 2006
In a first degree murder case, denial of defendant's request for a new trial based on certain DNA test evidence is affirmed over his meritless claims that the superior court committed reversible error in : 1) denying a motion for default judgment, because the state failed to request an extension in a timely manner; and 2) denying the motion for a new trial, because the court improperly failed to give sufficient weight to the DNA evidence and improperly gave weight to irrelevant factors.
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