Hooks v. State

429 A.2d 1312 (1981)

Clarence HOOKS, Wilbur Johnson, Robert Golson, Sterling Hobbs, Defendants, Appellants,

v.

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Submitted March 9, 1981.

Decided May 8, 1981.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for defendants-appellants.

Kathleen Molyneux (argued) and Bartholomew Dalton, Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and QUILLEN, JJ.

DUFFY, Justice.

The single issue in this appeal concerns the procedure by which mandatory prison sentences were imposed by the…