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CABRERA v. STATE

No. 64, 1999.

747 A.2d 543 (2000)

Luis G. CABRERA, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Figliola, Jr., Figliola & Facciolo, Wilmington, Joseph A. Gabay, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Kim Ayvazian, Department of Justice, Georgetown, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT and BERGER, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we consider the adequacy of jury instructions about the reliability of accomplice testimony. Under settled Delaware law, trial courts have wide latitude in framing jury instructions, and their choice of wording will not be disturbed as long as the instruction correctly states the law and is not so confusing or inaccurate as to undermine the jury's ability to reach a verdict. The Superior Court did not use the pattern jury instruction or...

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