EFiled: Apr 09 2015 11:27AM EDT Filing ID 57051940 Case Number 64,2015 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE STATE OF DELAWARE, ) ) Plaintiff-Below, ) Appellant, ) No. 64, 2015 ) v. ) On Appeal from the ) Superior Court of the JERMAINE WRIGHT, ) State of Delaware in and ) for New Castle County Defendant-Below, ) Appellee. ) STATE’S CORRECTED OPENING BRIEF STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Elizabeth R. McFarlan Chief of Appeals Bar ID No. 3759 Steven P. Wood Deputy Attorney General Bar ID No. 2309 820 N. French Street Carvel State Building, 7th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 577-8500 DATE: April 9, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CITATIONS ....................................................................................... ii NATURE AND STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS........................................................1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT................................................................................5 STATEMENT OF FACTS ......................................................................................7 ARGUMENT..........................................................................................................12 I. SUPERIOR COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY SUPPRESSINGWRIGHT’S CONFESSION ON THE BASIS OF DEFECTIVE MIRANDA WARNINGS ..................................12 II. A DIFFERENT TRIAL JUDGE SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO WRIGHT’S NEW TRIAL........................................................43 CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................55 EXHIBITS State v. Wright, Del. Super., ID No. 91004136DI, Del Pesco, J. (Oct. 30, 1991) (Letter Order) .............................................................. Ex. A State v. Wright, 2015 WL 475847 (Del. Super. Feb. 2, 2015) ........................ Ex. B State v. Wright, 2014 WL 7465795 (Del. Super. Dec. 16, 2014) .................... Ex. C TABLE OF CITATIONS CASES PAGE Baynard v. State, 518 A.2d 682 (Del. 1986).................................................... 38, 39 Bennett v. State, 2010 WL 987025 (Del. Mar. 18, 2010) ...................................... 37 Brady v. Maryland, 83 S. Ct 1194 (1963) ..................................................... passim Brittingham v. State, 705 A.2d 577 (Del. 1998) .............................................. 14, 23 Brown v. State, 548 A.2d 778 (Del. 1988) ............................................................. 38 Butler v. State, 95 A.3d 21 (Del. 2014) ................................................................. 43 California v. Prysock, 453 U.S. 355 (1981) .................................................... 29, 34 Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc., 884 A.2d 26 (Del. 2005) .................................. 21 Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157 (1986) .......................................................... 38 Colorado v. Spring, 479 U.S. 564 (1987) .............................................................. 36 Comm. of Pa. v. Smith, 387 A.2d 491 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1978) ................................. 28 DeJesus v. State, 655 A.2d 1180 (Del. 1995) ............................................27, 37, 38 Duckworth v. Eagan, 492 U.S. 195 (1989) ................................................30, 31, 34 Eagan v. Duckworth, 843 F.2d 1554 (7th Cir. 1988) ............................................ 34 Fare v. Michael C., 442 U.S. 707 (1979) .............................................................. 16 Fritzinger v. State, 10 A.3d 603 (Del. 2010) ......................................................... 48 Gannett Co., Inc. v. Kanaga, 750 A.2d 1174 (Del. 2000) ............................... 13, 14 Gattis v. State, 955 A.2d 1276 (Del. 2008) ...................................................... 48, 53 ii Hamilton v. State, 831 A.2d 881 (Del. 2003) ........................................................ 14 Hoskins v. State, 102 A.3d 724 (Del. 2014) .......................................................... 13 Howard v. State, 458 A.2d 1180 (Del. 1983) ........................................................ 37 Hubbard v. State, 16 A.3d 912 (Del. 2011) ..................................................... 37, 38 Hudak v. Procek, 806 A.2d 140 (Del. 2002) ......................................................... 13 In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., 861 F.2d 1307 (2d Cir. 1988) ..................... 46 Kenton v. Kenton, 571 A.2d 778 (Del. 1990) .................................................. 13, 23 Ledda v. State, 564 A.2d 1125 (Del. 1989) ..................................................... 27, 28 Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540 (1994) ................................................... 47, 54 Lopez-Vazquez v. State, 956 A.2d 1280 (Del. 2008) ............................................. 12 Los v. Los, 595 A.2d 381 (Del. 1991) .................................................................... 48 Marine v. State, 607 A.2d 1185 (Del. 1992).................................................... 16, 37 Miles v. State, 2009 WL 4114385 (Del. Nov. 23, 2009) ....................................... 28 Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) ..................................................... passim Moran v. Burbine, 475 U.S. 412 (1986) ............................................. 16, 36, 37, 38 Powell v. Florida, 559 U.S. 50 (2010) .......................................................30, 32, 34 Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 (1980) ........................................................... 29 Shipley v. State, 570 A.2d 1159 (Del. 1990).......................................................... 38 Smith v. State, 318 A.2d 568 (Md. 1974) .............................................................. 28 Smith v. State, 420 U.S. 909 (1975) ....................................................................... 28 iii State v. Chapman, 2000 WL 305343 (Del. Super. Ct. Jan. 28, 2000) ................... 28 State v. Johnson, 2000 WL 33113922 (Del. Super. Ct. Oct. 31, 2000)................. 28 State v. Luckett, 993 A.2d 25 (Md. 2010) .............................................................. 33 State v. Ruybal, 398 A.2d 407 (Me. 1979) ............................................................ 28 State v. Wright, 1991 WL 11766247 (Del. Super. Ct. Oct. 30, 1991) ........ 1, 15, 38 State v. Wright, 1992 WL 207255 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 6, 1992) .................... 1, 20 State v. Wright, 653 A.2d 288 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 12, 1994) .............................. 2 State v. Wright, 1998 WL 734771 (Del. Super. Ct. Sept. 28, 1998) ....................... 2 State v. Wright, 2012 WL 1400932 (Del. Super. Ct. Jan. 3, 2012) ............... passim State v. Wright, 67 A.3d 319 (Del. 2013) ...................................................... passim State v. Wright, 2014 WL 7465795 (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 16, 2014) ............ passim State v. Wright, 2015 WL 475847 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 2, 2015) ................. passim Stevenson v. State, 782 A.2d 249 (Del. 2001) ....................................................... 54 Turner v. State, 957 A.2d 565 (Del. 2008) ...................................................... 32, 37 United States v. Clay, 408 F.3d 214 (5th Cir. 2005) ............................................. 28 United States v. Connell, 869 F.2d 1349 (9th Cir. 1989) ...................................... 34 United States v. Cruz, 910 F.2d 1072 (3d Cir. 1990) ............................................ 33 United States v. Lamia, 429 F.2d 373 (2d Cir. 1970) ............................................ 29 United States v. Miguel, 952 F.2d 285 (9th Cir. 1991) .......................................... 35 United States v. Rodriguez, 399 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2005)................................... 28 iv United States v. Warren, 642 F.3d 182 (3d Cir. 2011) .......................................... 32 Weedon v. State, 750 A.2d 521 (Del. 2000) .......................................................... 23 Wright v. State, 633 A.2d 329 (Del. 1993) ..............................................2, 7, 21, 25 Wright v. State, 671 A.2d 1353 (Del. 1996) ............................................................ 2 Wright v. State, 517 U.S. 1249 (1996) ..................................................................... 2 Wright v. State, 2000 WL 139974 (Del. Jan. 18, 2000) .......................................... 2 Wright v. State, 91 A.3d 972 (Del. 2014) .......................................................... 3, 45 Wyrick v. Fields, 459 U.S. 42 (1982) ..................................................................... 28 Zirn v. VLI Corp., 681 A.2d 1050 (Del. 1996) ...................................................... 14 STATUTES AND RULES 10 Del. C. § 9902 ..................................................................................................... 4 11 Del. C. § 513 ....................................................................................................... 1 11 Del. C. § 636(a)(1) .............................................................................................. 1 11 Del. C. § 636(a)(6) .............................................................................................. 1 11 Del. C. § 832 ....................................................................................................... 1 11 Del. C. § 1447 ..................................................................................................... 1 Alaska Stat. § 22.20.020(c) (2014) ........................................................................ 49 Ga. Unif. Sup. Ct. R. 25.3 (2014) ..........................................................................