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MORRIS v. STATE

No. 258, 2000.

795 A.2d 653 (2002)

Alonzo W. MORRIS, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 28, 2002.

Reargument Denied April 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton A. Sweeney, Jr., Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

Kim Ayvazian, Esquire and John Williams, Esquire (argued) of the Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for Appellee.

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

VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this case we reaffirm the principle that it is improper for prosecutors to argue that the jury may acquit the defendant only if the jury finds that the State's witnesses are "lying."1 The trial court here committed plain error by failing to intervene sua sponte and take appropriate action to cure the effect of this patently improper...

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