French v. State

BERGER, Justice:

In this appeal we consider whether the Superior Court properly applied Delaware’s habitual offender statute when it imposed an enhanced minimum sentence on a person whose fourth felony was Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited (PDWBPP). Because the indictment identified a non-violent felony as the crime that made him a “person prohibited,” appellant argues that his fourth conviction was not a violent felony. The trial court held otherwise, and we agree. A person becomes a violent felon the first time that person is convicted of one of the statutorily designated…