Staats v. State

HOLLAND, Justice.

The defendant-appellant Dwayne Staats (“Staats”) appeals from the Superior Court’s judgment that denied his motion for post-conviction relief. Staats was indicted on September 7, 2004, for Murder in the First Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Following a six-day jury trial in the Superior Court, Staats was found guilty of both charges. On September 30, 2005, Staats was sentenced to life in prison at Level V without the possibility of parole or probation on the murder conviction and to ten years in prison at Level V on the weapons conviction.