French v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Family Court’s adjudication of Simon French as delinquent for possession of a firearm by a juvenile. It held that the circumstantial evidence, including French’s position as passenger, the firearm’s location under the passenger side of the vehicle, and the absence of marks showing it traveled from the driver’s side, supported a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that French possessed the firearm. The court also held that the officer’s testimony about how the firearm could have reached the vehicle was based on factual observations and common-sense inferences and did not constitute plain error.