WATSON v. STATE

No. 410, 2022.

303 A.3d 37 (2023)

Khalif WATSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PATRICK J. COLLINS, Esquire , COLLINS & PRICE, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant Khalif Watson.

ANDREW J. VELLA, Esquire , DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee State of Delaware.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and TRAYNOR, Justices.


At issue in this appeal is the prosecution's use of Khalif Watson's prior felony convictions during cross-examination and in closing argument. The admissibility of the convictions is not at issue. Instead, Watson contends that his conviction on weapons and resisting-arrest charges cannot stand because the prosecutor asked him questions...

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