Laster v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Jermaine Laster's motion for postconviction relief based on three ineffective-assistance claims. The court held that Laster failed to establish actual prejudice from counsel's handling of the jury note, failure to retain an investigator, or failure to retain a firearms expert. Each claim either involved a legally accurate jury response or relied on speculation and unsupported assertions about how additional investigation or expert testimony would have changed the result.