Jhavon Goode, Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee

Summary

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Goode’s convictions and eighteen-year sentence. It held that due process does not require a reliability hearing for an allegedly suggestive identification arranged by a private person rather than a state actor, and it rejected Goode’s disclosure, sufficiency, jury-instruction, and continuance arguments. The court also concluded that any improper testimony about the private person’s statements was cured by a prompt instruction and was later elicited by the defense.