Evans v. State

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

Having failed under the Federal Double Jeopardy Clause to avoid multiple sentences for Manslaughter, Assault in the Second Degree, and the Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of those Felonies, Evans v. State, Del.Supr., 430 A.2d 481 (1981), 1 the defendant, Walter Evans, now seeks reversal of such sentences under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Delaware Constitution, Art. I, § 8. 2 He asserts, collaterally, that in any event, he is entitled to credit for time served upon the sentences imposed for the same offenses at an earlier date.

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The defendant…