Legal Opinion
Riley v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 21, 1990PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice:
Defendant, James W. Riley, appeals from two decisions of Superior Court, the first, dated April 29, 1988, and a second, dated April 21, 1989, each denying defendant postconviction relief. Defendant seeks relief from his 1982 convictions in trial by jury in Superior Court of two counts of murder in the first degree, intentional murder and felony murder, and his sentence to death for felony murder. In 1985, this Court, sitting en banc on Riley’s direct appeal, unanimously affirmed defendant’s convictions and sentence. Riley v. State, Del.Supr., 496 A.2d 997 (1985) (“Riley I”),…
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