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SHIELDS v. STATE

374 A.2d 816 (1977)

Linwood Lee SHIELDS, Defendant below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Burke, III, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Henley Graves, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for plaintiff below, appellee.

George F. Gardner, III, and John Williams, of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P. A., Dover, and James A. Fuqua, Jr., of Ennis & Fuqua, Georgetown, for defendant below, appellant.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, DUFFY and McNEILLY, Justices.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This appeal from convictions of murder in the first degree [11 Del.C. § 636(a)(2)]1 and rape [11 Del.C. § 763] raises numerous issues, primarily the issue of the authority of a Deputy Attorney General to withdraw his offer of a plea bargain after it was accepted by the defendant.

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