BOYD v. STATE


389 A.2d 1282 (1978)

Session J. BOYD, Jr., Defendant below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Halbrook of Wilson, Halbrook, Bayard & Bunting and Thomas J. Stumpf, Georgetown, for defendant below, appellant.

Merritt Burke, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for plaintiff below, appellee.

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


McNEILLY, Justice (for the majority):

Defendant, Session J. Boyd, Jr., appeals his conviction of murder and conspiracy, both in the first degree, assigning as error the Trial Judge's instructions to the jury on the defense of extreme emotional distress, failure to instruct the jury on the law of suicide and certain voir dire questions, failure to advise counsel before answering a note directed to the Court by the...

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