Carter v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Appellant-defendant Bruce Carter 1 appeals his second degree assault Family Court delinquency adjudication. Carter struck his stepfather, Frank Kulhanek, in the hand with the plastic end of a lacrosse stick. The trial judge found Carter delinquent of second degree assault under 11 Del. C. § 612(a)(2) and found that the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Carter had (1) intentionally (2) caused physical injury to Kulhanek (3) by means of a dangerous instrument. Carter contends that the State did not present sufficient evidence for the trial judge to find him…