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Title: Larry D. Ray v. State Delaware
Author : Supreme Court of Delaware
Release Date : January 21, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 61 KB

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The defendant, Larry D. Ray ("Ray"), was convicted, following a jury trial in the Superior Court, of Unlawful Sexual Penetration
in the Second Degree. Post-trial, the Court directed a judgment of acquittal on the charge of Unlawful Sexual Penetration
in the Second Degree but permitted the guilty verdict to stand on the lesser included offense of Unlawful Sexual Contact in
the Second Degree. Ray was thereupon sentenced to seven years in prison. In this appeal, Ray contends: (1) the trial court
committed reversible error in denying his motion for a mistrial based upon the State's failure to disclose the taped statement
of a co-defendant; (2) that the prosecutor improperly exhorted the jury to believe the victim's testimony; and (3) the trial
court, over objection, admitted the victim's out-of-court statements under 11 Del.C. § 3507, in the absence of a
proper foundation. We find error in the State's discovery violation as well as in the admission of the victim's out-of-court
statements and, accordingly, reverse. I