Bailey v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

In July 1980, the defendant, Coy Edward Bailey, Jr., was initially convicted of murder in the first degree and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony by a jury in the Superior Court, Kent County. 1 On appeal, this Court reversed the 1980 convictions and remanded the case to the Superior Court for a new trial. Bailey v. State, Del.Supr., 440 A.2d 997 (1982). The defendant’s second trial, in October 1983, once again took place in Kent County. During the defendant’s second trial, three of the State’s witnesses made references to the defendant’s first…