Smith v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed Smith’s convictions and sentences after independently reviewing his appointed counsel’s Rule 26(c) submission and the record. The Court rejected Smith’s challenges to the jury instructions, evidentiary references, alleged discovery violation, witness conflict and nondisclosure claims, proposed pretrial taint hearing, and sufficiency of the evidence, primarily because the claims were unpreserved, waived, or failed to establish plain error. The Court concluded that the appeal was wholly without merit and that counsel had conscientiously reviewed the record.