Baynum v. State

VALIHURA, Justice:

Pending before this Court is an appeal from the Superior Court’s October 21, 2014 bench ruling, denying Steven Bay-num’s (“Baynum”) Motion in Limine (“Motion”) prior to his trial on charges stemming from an incident at the residence of Manisha Baynum (“Manisha”). The bench ruling was issued following an evidentiary hearing conducted in connection with Bay-num’s Motion, which sought dismissal of his case before trial or, in the alternative, a jury instruction pursuant to Lolly v. State 1 and Deberry v. State 2 on the theory that the State failed to collect or preserve…