Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Rauf v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided August 2, 2016No. 39, 2016Published

1Concurrence

STRINE, Chief Justice,

concurring in the Majority per curiam, with whom Justice HOLLAND and Justice SEITZ join:

I

I join with a majority of my colleagues in concluding that Delaware’s current death penalty statute conflicts with the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The importance and complexity of the subject before us is illustrated by *435the somewhat different ways that each of us approach how the questions put to us should be answered and why they should be answered “yes,” “no,” or not answered in part. I agree with the succinct answers given to the five certified questions…

2Cases cited139 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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