Addison v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Family Court’s adjudication of delinquency for Offensive Touching. It held that the delinquency petition sufficiently charged the offense because it tracked the statutory language and identified the alleged perpetrator, victim, date, and location, thereby providing notice and preventing subsequent prosecution for the same offense. The court also rejected arguments concerning a bill of particulars and waiver of reading at arraignment because the petition was not defective and the Family Court did not rely on either matter to cure a defect.