Burns v. State

JACOBS, Justice.

Robert Burns, the defendant below, appeals from a Superior Court final judgment of conviction of three counts of Second Degree Rape, two counts of Second Degree Unlawful Sexual Contact, and one count of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child. On appeal, Burns argues that the Superior Court: (1) abused its discretion by denying his motion for a mistrial after the victims’ father made an outburst before the jury; (2) erroneously denied his request to conduct an in camera review of the victims’ therapist records; and (3) abused its discretion by refusing to provide the jury access to…