Starling v. State

SEITZ, Justice, for the majority:

I. INTRODUCTION

A masked gunman entered a Wilmington, Delaware barbershop,- shot to .death his intended victim, and also- shot and killed a five-year-old boy. -The police arrested Chauncey Starling one month after the shooting, when the State’s key witness; Alfred Gaines, identified Starling as the shooter after Starling allegedly shot Gaines in a separate incident in Chester, Pennsylvania.

*320In 2003, the State tried Starling for first degree -murder, conspiracy, and related weapons charges. No physical evidence linked Starling to the crime. Instead, the State…