Butler v. State

STRINE, Chief Justice,

for the Majority:

Defendant-Below/Appellant Lamonte Butler appeals from a judgment of convictions in the Superior Court of Attempted Robbery First Degree, Assault Second Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Conspiracy Second Degree, Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon, Resisting Arrest, Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, and misdemeanor drug possession. Butler raises two claims on appeal.

First, Butler contends that his convictions are barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause1 because the trial judge in a prior proceeding (the “Trial…