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STATE v. ROOKS

411 A.2d 316 (1980)

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. John Preston ROOKS, Defendant, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided January 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Burke, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for plaintiff, appellant.

Robert C. Wolhar, Jr., of Wolhar & Moore, Georgetown, for defendant, appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by the State, under 10 Del.C. § 9902, which is before us for the second time. The central issue in the appeal involves a ruling by a Trial Judge in the Superior Court that statements made by a prospective State witness were inadmissible in a prosecution for first-degree murder. See 11 Del.C. § 3507. After ruling on distinctions between the judge-jury issue of voluntariness and the jury issue of reliability, we...

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