Davis v. State

HORSEY, Justice:

Defendant, Richard Davis, appeals his convictions in a jury trial of intentional murder in the first degree (11 Del.C. § 636(a)(1)) and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony (11 Del. C. § 1447(a)) in the death of Ronald Baird. Defendant received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment on the murder one conviction and an additional three-year term for the weapons offense. On appeal, Davis asserts nine grounds for reversal. Davis’ principal arguments are based on: (1) the Trial Court’s instruction to the jury that “voluntary intoxication is not a…