STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 10, 2012.

67 A.3d 319 (2013)

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Jermaine WRIGHT, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: May 24, 2013.

Amended: May 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Wallace, Esquire , Former Chief of Appeals, (argued), Gregory E. Smith, Esquire , Maria T. Knoll, Esquire and Danielle J. Brennan, Esquire , State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

Herbert W. Mondros, Esquire , Margolis Edelstein , Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Billy H. Nolas, Esquire , (argued), James Moreno, Esquire and Tracy Ulstad, Esquire , Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


BERGER, Justice, for the Majority:

In this appeal we consider whether a murder conviction must be overturned. The trial court granted appellee's fourth motion for postconviction relief, finding that his confession should have been excluded from evidence, and that the State improperly withheld evidence of a similar crime that the police determined appellee did not commit. The trial court then granted bail for appellee. We hold...

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