HOOKS v. STATE


416 A.2d 189 (1980)

Clarence HOOKS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Sterling HOBBS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Wilbur JOHNSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Robert GOLSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Dallas Winslow, Jr., Chief Deputy Public Defender, and Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for defendants-appellants.

F. L. Peter Stone of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, for Clarence Hooks, Sterling Hobbs and Wilbur Johnson, defendants-appellants.

Bartholomew J. Dalton and Kathleen Molyneux, Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUFFY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ.


I

QUILLEN, Justice:

We initially state the nature of the proceedings with heavy reliance on the appellants' opening brief.

Robert Golson, Sterling Hobbs, Clarence Hooks and Wilbur Johnson were indicted by the Grand Jury and charged with Murder in the first degree, Robbery in the first degree, and Conspiracy in the second degree. Sterling Hobbs was also charged with Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the...

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