Legal Opinion
Ross v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 11, 1984PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice:
Defendant, Frank L. Ross, seeks reversal of his convictions in a jury trial of Murder in the First Degree (11 Del.C. § 636(a)(1)), Conspiracy in the First Degree (11 Del.C. § 513(2)), and Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony (11 DelC. § 1447(a)) in the death of William A. McBride, Jr. In a separate punishment hearing under 11 Del.C. § 4209, the same jury declined to impose the death penalty upon defendant. As a result, defendant received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of probation or parole. For the convictions of the…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Jensen v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
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