Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 28, 1990PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, Justice:
In this appeal, the Court confronts an important question of first impression: May a defendant who is found to be “guilty but mentally ill” under 11 Del. C. § 401(b) be sentenced to death? The appellant, Reginald N. Sanders (“Sanders”), was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony. Because the jury found that Sanders suffered from a psychiatric disorder but was not insane at the time of the offenses, it rendered verdicts of “guilty but mentally ill” on all three charges. The same…
2Cases cited82 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by61 opinions
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