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  • McGuiness v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Dean A. Elwell, McCarter & English, LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David C. McBride, M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 438, 2022

    Official misconduct conviction reversed where trial court delayed in recognizing legal insufficiency of procurement law violation charge, thereby allowing jury to hear evidence on the procurement charge that could have spilled over into the jury's consideration of the official misconduct charge.