Doran v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, William Doran (“Doran”), was convicted, following a jury trial in the Superior Court, of Burglary in the Second Degree and Theft under $500, a misdemeanor. Doran was sentenced to five years of incarceration for the burglary conviction and two years of incarceration for the theft conviction. This is Doran’s direct appeal.

According to Doran, the Superior Court abused its discretion, and thereby committed reversible error, when it allowed the prosecutor to impeach the credibility of Do-ran’s direct testimony with a prior oral statement by Doran. That…