Supreme Court of Delaware

Cannon v. State

June 19, 2017

Summary

The court affirmed Cannon’s convictions, holding that the prosecutor’s comment about not lying did not constitute misconduct and, in any event, was cured by the trial court’s immediate instruction. The prosecutor’s attempted ammunition demonstration was improper because it sought to create evidence during closing argument, but the error was harmless because the demonstration was stopped promptly, the objection was sustained, and the issue was not central to the case.