Supreme Court of Delaware

Harris v. State

July 8, 2015

Summary

The Court affirmed Harris's conviction after independently reviewing the record under the withdrawal-and-brief procedure. It held that officers lawfully detained Harris while executing a search warrant, that he had no unilateral right to demand a bench trial, and that admitting his unrecorded post-Miranda statement was not plain error. The Court declined to consider ineffective-assistance claims on direct appeal because they had not been raised below.