Bryson v. State

By order dated January 16, 2003, a panel of this Court affirmed the sentence of the defendant, Victor Bryson, in Superior Court based on a jury verdict convicting the defendant of possession of ammunition by a person prohibited in violation of 11 Del. C. § 1448. The defendant was also convicted and sentenced for discharging a gun in violation of 16 Del. C. § 6909.

One of the points raised by defendant on the appeal relates to the application of affirmative defenses in criminal cases. In the January 16, 2003 order we held that the trial judge correctly described the defendant’s claim of mistake…