Derose v. State

On May 22, 2002, a New Castle County Superior Court jury convicted Appellant, Allen Derose, of Assault in the Second Degree1 and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.2 In this appeal, Derose argues that the trial judge erred by not granting his motion for a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct. Specifically, Derose argues that the prosecutor made several improper comments that: (i) expressed personal beliefs about the credibility of witnesses; (ii) misrepresented the evidence presented at trial; (iii) denigrated the value of defense counsel; (iv) appealed to the jury’s sense of…