Legal Opinion
Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 25, 1985PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIE, Justice.
In early 1980 defendant Robert D. Hughes was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in the Superior Court, Kent County. On appeal, this Court, sitting en banc, reversed the conviction and remanded the case to Superior Court for a new trial. 1 At the second trial in July of 1982, a jury again found Hughes guilty of murder in the first degree. Defendant now appeals from that conviction.
The publicity surrounding the prosecution and trials of the defendant was extensive. Media coverage prior to the second trial focused not only on a recitation of the facts…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by72 opinions
- Brittingham v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
- Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
- Skinner v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
- Claudio v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
- Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
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