Supreme Court of Delaware

Chauncey S. Starling, Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee — Vaughn, J…

December 14, 20152015 Del. LEXIS 665

Summary

Justice Vaughn concurred in the determination that a Brady violation occurred and warranted a new trial. He disagreed with the Court's conclusions concerning cross-examination of Moore and Michael Starling's statement, reasoning that Starling had not shown Strickland prejudice on either issue. He expressed no view on the voluntariness of Michael Starling's statement and urged the Superior Court to decide that issue independently if it arose after retrial.