Supreme Court of Delaware

Manuel Morales, Defendant Below-Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below-Appellee

January 28, 20162016 Del. LEXIS 42

Summary

The court held that the prosecutor’s unqualified statement that Morales was “clearly guilty” was improper because it expressed a personal opinion on guilt. The comment nevertheless did not constitute plain error or repetitive prosecutorial error warranting reversal, given the corroborating identification evidence and the isolated nature of the remark. The court affirmed Morales’s conviction and sentence.