Collins v. State

HORSEY, Justice:

Defendant, Larry Collins, was indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted in Superior Court in trial by jury of murder in the second degree, that is felony murder, in violation of 11 Del.C. § 635(2) 1 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal asserts four grounds for reversal of the judgment.

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The facts relevant to the appeal are as follows:

Indicted for murder in the first degree for an unrelated crime involving two co-defendants who had given statements accusing him of the offense, defendant accepted the State’s offer to plead guilty to manslaughter.…