Drummond v. Delaware
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Defendant Dallas Drummond, Jr., directly appealed to the Supreme Court after having been convicted by a Superior Court jury on two counts of First Degree Rape and one count of Unlawful Conduct Against a Child by a Sex Offender. Defendant claimed that the trial court reversibly erred by denying his (and the State's) joint motion to sever the Rape charges from the Unlawful Conduct charge. While his appeal was pending, the Supreme Court decided "Monceaux v. State" which relevantly held that a trial court "must use a bifurcated procedure in all future [Unlawful Conduct Against a Child by a Sex Offender] cases." Because "Monceaux" controlled this case, the Court reversed the convictions and remanded the case for further proceedings.
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