Legal Opinion
Outten v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 23, 1994No. 159, 1993, 163, 1993, 164, 1993 and 166, 1993PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VEASEY, Chief Justice.
In this appeal, we consider the sentences of death imposed on April 30, 1993, by the Superior Court on defendants below-appellants Jack Outten (“Outten”) and Steven Shelton (“Steven”) 1 for the first degree felony murder of Wilson Mannon (“Mannon”). Steven’s principal grounds for overturning his sentence are as follow: (a) the State negligently failed to secure and preserve a washing machine top allegedly used in the murder; (b) the Superior Court erred by not finding Christina Gibbons (“Gibbons”) to be an incompetent witness; (c) the Superior Court erred by failing to…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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