Lolley v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed Lolley's drug-dealing conviction, holding that the Superior Court did not commit plain error by conducting the jury-instruction conference after closing arguments. Because Lolley neither submitted proposed instructions nor requested a pre-closing prayer conference, the applicable rule did not require one, and he failed to show prejudice or manifest injustice. The prior trial's substantially identical instructions also gave him notice that accomplice liability would be addressed.