Supreme Court of Delaware

Defendant's appeal from convictions and sentences for first degree murder, robbery, arson and related weapons and conspiracy charges are remanded where the superior court did not address and evaluate all evidence introduced by each side tending to show that race was or was not the real reason for the state's exercise of its peremptory challenges and determine whether the defendant had met his burden of persuasion as mandated by Batson.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2007
• Published 03/07/2007

Judges

• RIDGELY, Justice., Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jerome M. Capone, Esquire (argued) and Kevin J. O'Connell, Esquire, (argued) Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Esquire (argued) and Thomas E. Brown, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.