Legal Opinion
Dawson v. Snyder
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 15, 1997No. Civ.A. 96-300-RRMPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MeKELVIE, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus case. Petitioner David F. Dawson is a state prisoner incarcerated at the Delaware Correctional Center (“DCC”) in Smyrna, Delaware. Respondent Robert Snyder is the warden of the DCC. Dawson is contesting the constitutionality of his .murder conviction and his death sentences.
On June 24, 1988, a jury in the Kent County Superior Court of the State of Delaware convicted Dawson of four counts of first degree murder, one count of first degree robbery, one count of second degree burglary, six counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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