WHARTON v. STATE

No. 548, 2019.

246 A.3d 110 (2021)

Dai'yann WHARTON, Defendant-Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff-Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elise K. Wolpert, Esquire (argued), Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., Esquire , Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

Andrew J. Vella, Esquire (argued), Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for Appellee.

Before VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices.


In a bench trial beginning on June 19, 2019, the Superior Court found Dai'yann Wharton guilty of several charges, led by a count of Murder in the First Degree for the slaying of Yaseem Powell. Wharton seeks reversal of his conviction because the State identified a group of highly incriminating text messages less than two weeks...

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