AYRES v. STATE


436 A.2d 800 (1981)

David AYRES, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided October 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Otlowski, Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellant.

Ferris W. Wharton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and HORSEY, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

This appeal raises the question of whether the State's delay in making arrangements for expert analysis and testimony concerning physical evidence, qualifying as "Brady" material, constituted unlawful suppression where the evidence was excluded as hearsay in the absence of expert testimony to explain it.

In a jury trial, defendant was convicted of rape, second degree, 11 Del.C. § 763,...

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