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CHRISTOPHER v. STATE

No. 348, 2002.

824 A.2d 890 (2003)

Anthony CHRISTOPHER, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brendan O'Neill, Esquire, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

William M. Kelleher, Esquire, and Daniel R. Miller, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.

BERGER, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, we again consider the problem of prosecutorial misconduct in closing statements. We also address, sua sponte, a serious breach of the standards of professionalism governing all attorneys, including prosecutors. During a colloquy about a jury instruction, the prosecutor called the trial court's ruling "unwise," and, during a discussion in chambers, the prosecutor called the...

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