Evans v. Commissioner Coupe

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WARD T. EVANS, § § No. 257, 2016 Petitioner Below, § Appellant, § Court Below: Superior Court § of the State of Delaware v. § § COMMISSIONER ROBERT COUPE, § C.A. No. K16M-04-017 § Respondent Below, § Appellee. § Submitted: June 24, 2016 Decided: August 31, 2016 Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, and SEITZ, Justices. ORDER This 31st day of August 2016, it appears to the Court that: (1) Following his 1982 conviction in the Superior Court on one count of Rape, Evans was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.1 On direct appeal…