Andrey Zhurbin, Defendant-Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff-Below, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed Zhurbin’s conviction for leaving the scene of a collision. It held that the governing statute applies to collisions on private property as well as public highways, based on the statute’s text, its relationship to related provisions, and the legislature’s deletion of a prior public-roadway limitation. Because Zhurbin did not raise the statutory argument below, the alleged error was reviewable only for plain error, and the court held that no plain error or prejudicial instructional error occurred.