MICHAELS v. STATE

Nos. 334, 2008, 358, 2008, 373, 2008.

970 A.2d 223 (2009)

Lawrence MICHAELS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Tyreese Hawthorne, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Andre Wright, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Walker, Esquire, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware; for Appellant Michaels.

Andrew W. Gonser, Esquire, of Gonser and Gonser, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; for Appellant Hawthorne.

Jan A.T. van Amerongen, Jr., Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware; for Appellant Wright.

James T. Wakley, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware; for Appellee.

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


JACOBS, Justice.

Lawrence Michaels, Tyreese Hawthorne and Andre Wright, the codefendants below, appeal from final judgments of conviction by the Superior Court. All three defendants claim that the Superior Court abused its discretion by denying a motion for a mistrial after the introduction of allegedly irrelevant and prejudicial evidence. Michaels and Hawthorne raise additional claims. Michaels separately claims that the trial judge violated his right to a fair trial...

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