Christina Ozdemir, Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee

Summary

The court held that unredacted Family Court custody orders were inadmissible in the criminal prosecution because they contained hearsay within hearsay and irrelevant, highly prejudicial factual findings. The orders should have been excluded or redacted to include only material necessary to establish the father's custodial rights, and the evidentiary errors were not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The convictions were reversed and the matter remanded.