Cabrera v. State

In this appeal, we consider the adequacy of jury instructions about the reliability of accomplice testimony. Under settled Delaware law, trial courts have wide latitude in framing jury instructions, and their choice of wording will not be disturbed as long as the instruction correctly states the law and is not so confusing or inaccurate as to undermine the jury’s ability to reach a verdict. The Superior Court did not use the pattern jury instruction or the language suggested by either attorney, but it gave an instruction that was informative and not misleading. Accordingly, we affirm.

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