CLAYTON v. STATE

No. 173, 2000.

765 A.2d 940 (2001)

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

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Nutter, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Joelle M. Wright, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HOLLAND and STEELE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The issues in this appeal are (1) whether the prosecutor improperly commented on the credibility of witnesses during the State's rebuttal closing argument and (2) whether the allegedly improper comments constituted plain error and undermined the reliability of the outcome of Clayton's trial. We find that, although the prosecutor impermissibly commented on the truthfulness of witnesses, the prosecutor's comments...

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