Case Title: Moore v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 73, 2022

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2022-10-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
KAREN M. MOORE, 
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 73, 2022 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  Cr. ID No. 20060112508 (K) 
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Submitted: September 30, 2022 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: October 11, 2022 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the opening brief, the motion to remand, and the 
response, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The appellant, Karen M. Moore, filed this appeal from her October 
2021 convictions for aggravated menacing.  The convictions arose from a verbal 
confrontation between Moore and her neighbors.  In her opening brief, Moore argues 
that the Superior Court erred by: (i) declining to give the jury instruction she 
requested under 11 Del. C. § 466 for the defense of justification; and (ii) permitting 
the State to introduce evidence that a firearm Moore surrendered to the authorities 
was loaded. 
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(2) 
Instead of filing an answering brief, the State filed a motion to remand. 
The State laudably concedes that under the facts of this case the Superior Court erred 
in declining Moore’s request for a jury instruction under Section 466.  The State asks 
that Moore’s October 2021 convictions for aggravated menacing be vacated and this 
matter remanded to the Superior Court for a new trial.  Moore does not oppose the 
motion. 
(3) 
The Court agrees that the proper course of action is to vacate Moore’s 
October 2021 convictions for aggravated menacing and to remand this matter to the 
Superior Court for a new trial.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Moore’s October 2021 
convictions for aggravated menacing are VACATED.  This matter is REMANDED 
to the Superior Court for a new trial.  Jurisdiction is not retained.   
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice