Supreme Court of Delaware

Patricia Vincent,* Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee

June 8, 2010996 A.2d 777

Summary

The court affirmed Vincent's delinquency adjudications for Criminal Mischief under $1,000 and Third Degree Criminal Trespass because circumstantial evidence permitted a rational factfinder to identify her as the perpetrator beyond a reasonable doubt. It reversed the Tampering with a Witness adjudication because the damaged car belonged to Kemp, not to Kusmaul, the potential witness, and the governing statute requires damage to property owned by the witness. The court applied sufficiency review to the evidentiary issue and de novo review to statutory construction.