Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 14, 1994No. 566,1992 and 568,1992PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
The defendant-appellant, Cornelius Ferguson (“Ferguson”), was convicted after a jury trial in the Superior Court on two counts of Murder in the First Degree; two counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony; and one count of Conspiracy in the First Degree. After a penalty hearing, held on November 16-18, 1992, the jury unanimously found that the State had established three statutory aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury also unanimously found that the aggravating circumstances found to exist outweighed the mitigating…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1996
- State v. ChewSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
- Capano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Abdullah Tanzil Hameen, A/K/A Cornelius Ferguson v. State of Delaware Cornelius E. Ferguson, Jr., A/K/A Abdullah Tanzil HameenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Ortiz v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005
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