Hughes v. State

WALSH, Justice:

This certification proceeding comes before the Court pursuant to Article IV, Section 11(9) of the Delaware Constitution and Supreme Court Rule 41. The Family Court has certified five questions of law which this Court accepted by order dated May 19, 1994. Briefing and oral argument before the Court en Banc followed. This is the decision of the Court on the certified questions.

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As required for certification proceedings, the facts underlying the certified questions are undisputed. The defendant, Craig Hughes (“Hughes”), 1 was arrested on November 6, 1993, for receiving stolen…