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STATE v. SHEPPARD

331 A.2d 142 (1974)

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. Lenora SHEPPARD, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided December 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Weiner, State Prosecutor, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Arlen B. Mekler, Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, and Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, and David Evan Kendall, New York City, and Anthony G. Amsterdam, Stanford, Cal., for defendant.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.,

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This certification presents the question of the constitutionality of capital punishment under Delaware's new First Degree Murder Statute, 59 Del.L. Ch. 284 (approved by the Governor March 29, 1974), amending 11 Del.C. §§ 636 and 4209.*

I.

The defendant is charged with murder in the first degree allegedly committed on May 18, 1974.

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