Supreme Court of Delaware

Conviction of defendant for first degree murder, and related crimes and sentence of death are affirmed where: 1) no reversible error occurred during either the guilt phase or the penalty phase of defendant's trial; and 2) sentence of death was not imposed or recommended arbitrarily or capriciously and is proportionate to other cases where the death penalty was imposed in the applicable universe of cases.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/04/2009
• Published 11/04/2009

Judges

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

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James J. Haley, Jr., Esquire, Ferrara & Haley, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul R. Wallace, Esquire (argued), Danielle J. Brennan, Esquire, James T. Wakley, Esquire and Karin M. Volker, Esquire, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for appellee.