Brice v. State

WALSH, Justice:

Defendants Miles Brice (“Brice”) and Leon Caulk (“Caulk”) (collectively the “Defendants”) await trial for first-degree murder, and the State intends to seek the death penalty as to each of them. In light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002), and the General Assembly’s subsequent amendment to 11 Del. C. § 4209 1 (the “2002 Statute”), we accepted four certified questions pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 41. Brice and Caulk v. State, No. 468, 2002, Walsh, J. (August 30, 2002).

The Defendants have been…