Legal Opinion

Baynum v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided May 29, 2019No. 480, 2018PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TRAYNOR, Justice:

In late 2013, Steven Baynum broke into his estranged wife's residence and physically accosted her and her new romantic partner, Dakota Holdren. Approximately one year later, a Superior Court jury found Baynum guilty of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, offensive touching, and a host of other crimes. After Baynum was sentenced as a habitual offender to 17 years of Level V incarceration, he appealed to this Court, and we affirmed his convictions. Baynum then moved for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 claiming, among other things, that his…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Neal v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2013

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