Legal Opinion

Richardson v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided July 12, 2010No. 86, 2009PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIDGELY, Justice:

Defendant-appellant Cleveland Richardson appeals from the Superior Court’s denial of his motion for postconviction relief from his convictions of attempted murder first degree, robbery first degree, burglary first degree, conspiracy second degree and four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He argues that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court refused to instruct the jury pursuant to 11 Del. C. § 274 as required by Allen v. State. 2 He also contends the trial court abused its discretion in denying postconviction relief based…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Delaware · 2013
  2. Guy v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
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  5. Cephas v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2022

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