Supreme Court of Delaware

Defendant's firearm possession sentence is affirmed where, reading 11 Del. Code section 1448(e)(1)c in light of the section 222(3) definition of "conviction," defendant had been twice convicted of a violent felony by virtue of his two respective guilty pleas, two charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine, and thus defendant came within the unambiguous terms of the statutory language.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2010
• Published 02/24/2010

Judges

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

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas D. Donovan, Esquire, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul R. Wallace, Esquire (argued) and Loren C. Meyers, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.