Crosby v. Delaware

Derrick Crosby was convicted by a jury of second degree robbery and second degree conspiracy. He was arrested within minutes of the alleged crime, because the robbery was committed against a police informant who had arranged to purchase a gun from co-defendant Rakim Huggins as part of a police sting operation. Crosby argued that the Superior Court erred by sustaining an objection by the State to any argument that Crosby could have obtained the informant’s cell phone from Huggins’ accomplice. The Superior Court reasoned that there was no evidence in the record that supported a rational inference that, in the limited time between when the informant was robbed and when Crosby was arrested, Huggins’ accomplice turned over the cell phone to Crosby and then left the scene. But the Superior Court did allow Crosby’s attorney to argue that “there’s a fair inference that someone other than Mr. Crosby committed this robbery and that there were ways in which [Crosby] came into possession of the cell phone after the incident.” Finding no reversible error, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Crosby's convictions. View "Crosby v. Delaware" on Justia Law