Deshields v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant-appellant, Norman E. Deshields (“Deshields”), was convicted of Robbery in the First Degree for the April 1995 hold-up of a Sussex County convenience store. Deshields was sentenced to be imprisoned for life, as an habitual offender. This is Deshields’ direct appeal.

Deshields has raised two issues before this Court. Deshields’ first argument is that the Superior Court erroneously permitted the facts of a subsequent robbery in May 1995 to be admitted into evidence at his trial for the April 1995 crime. Deshields’ second…