The Delaware Supreme Court has reversed an accused child molester’s attempted rape, unlawful sexual encounter and indecent exposure convictions after it concluded the trial court violated his rights to due process by denying his request for a bill of particulars. In addition, the high court concluded that a detective’s testimony during the trial constituted impermissible vouching.
In 2012, a child identified in court papers by the initials T.F. told his mother that Ronald Luttrell molested him while he spent a weekend at his grandmother’s house, according to court documents. T.F. discussed the incident with the Child Advocacy Center, saying that on a Friday night he was sleeping on the couch in his grandmother’s mobile home when Luttrell, a friend who was staying with her because he was homeless, came home drunk and woke him up.
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