Ronald Brooks, Below v. State of Delaware, Below, Appellee Rashan Owens, Below v. State of Delaware, Below

Summary

The court established a mandatory accomplice-testimony instruction and held that failing to give it is plain error in cases governed by the new rule. It affirmed Owens's convictions because the instruction given was legally sufficient under the law existing at his trial, but held that Brooks received ineffective assistance only as to his second-degree conspiracy conviction, which depended entirely on uncorroborated accomplice testimony. The court therefore affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded Brooks's case for further proceedings.