COLLINS v. STATE

No. 217, 2005.

897 A.2d 159 (2006)

Donnell COLLINS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Goff, Esquire, Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware for appellant.

Timothy Donovan, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices.


RIDGELY, Justice.

Defendant Donnell Collins appeals the revocation of his probation and resentencing based upon hearsay statements connecting him to a burglary and other crimes committed during the course of the burglary. Consistent with this Court's holding in Brown v. State,1 we hold that hearsay evidence connecting a probationer to a crime is insufficient to support a revocation of probation...

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