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State v. Cooke

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided November 1, 2006No. Criminal Action Numbers IN-05-06-1529 thru IN-05-06-1533 and IN-05-06-2390 thru IN-05-06-2394, ID No. 0506005981PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HERLIHY, Judge.

Defendant James Cooke has been indicted for the murder of Lindsay Bonistall and for several other offenses related to that matter. In the same indictment, he has been charged with offenses, such as burglary, robbery and theft, which involve two other persons. He has moved to sever the Bonistall related counts from those involving the other persons. Though not his exclusive reason, the primary basis for his severance motion is that he intends to plea guilty, but mentally ill to the Bonistall related charges but not guilty to the other charges.

Cooke has been indicted for…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  2. United States v. John E. Kenny, Trenton P. Oelberg, and William L. Parker, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. Getz v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
  4. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1967
  5. Skinner v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Justiniano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2018
  2. State v. GeorgeSuperior Court of Delaware · 2025
  3. State v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Delaware · 2026
  4. State v. RodriguezSuperior Court of Delaware · 2021

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