Supreme Court of Delaware· 11/18/1981

Hughes v. State

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437 A.2d 559
1981 Del. LEXIS 396

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concluding that the prosecution's comments on the defendant's courtroom demeanor were improper, explaining that they are \irrelevant\ and \pregnant with potential prejudice\
concluding that the 4 prosecution’s comments on the defendant’s courtroom demeanor were improper, 5 explaining that they are “irrelevant” and “pregnant with potential prejudice”
holding that it was improper for prosecutor to label defendant’s “pre-trial out-of-court statements as ‘lies,’ \ and that such characterizations must not be made unless \(a) that is a legitimate inference which may be drawn from the evidence, and (b
discussing “crucial significance” of blood evidence and prosecutor’s disregard for timing of statements made by defendant
setting forth a three-part balancing test to determine whether the prosecutor’s actions prejudiced the defendant
evaluating whether prosecutorial misconduct warrants a mistrial using three factors—closeness of the case, centrality of the issue affected by the alleged error, and steps taken to mitigate the error

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Judges: Herrmann, Duffy, McNeilly, Quillen, Horsey

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