Waller v. State

DUFFY, Justice:

Defendant was convicted in the Superior Court of Robbery in the First Degree, 11 Del.C. § 832, and Conspiracy in the Second Degree, 11 Del.C. § 512. He appeals, arguing that (a) he was unfairly prejudiced by the State’s cross-examination regarding his prior felony convictions and (b) the Trial Judge’s instruction to the jury on alibi was legally inadequate.

I

The facts are few and, for present purposes, they are not in dispute:

It appears that the victim, Carl E. Taylor, was robbed by two persons during the early morning hours of July 9,1976, shortly after he left a tavern in…