DORSEY v. STATE

Nos. 546, 1998.

761 A.2d 807 (2000)

James DORSEY, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Potter, Jennifer-Kate Aaronson, Potter, Carmine & Leonard, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Adam Balick, Balick & Balick, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.

Peggy J. Hageman, Cynthia R. Kelsey, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

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


HOLLAND, Justice, for the majority.

The defendant-appellant, James Dorsey, was charged with Murder in the First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony and Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, Dorsey was convicted on all charges. Dorsey filed a Motion for a New Trial on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct and inadmissible evidence. The...

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