Jeffrey D. Scott, Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee

Summary

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Jeffrey Scott’s post-conviction motion, holding that he failed to establish deficient performance or actual prejudice under the governing ineffective-assistance standard. The court rejected claims concerning hearsay, a search warrant, Miranda, juror impairment, prosecutorial argument, appellate strategy, and counsel’s choice of defenses. It also held that the record did not show that Scott demanded an insanity defense or that counsel’s conduct implicated the constitutional concerns raised in the separate precedent on which Scott relied.