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HOOKS v. STATE

429 A.2d 1312 (1981)

Clarence HOOKS, Wilbur Johnson, Robert Golson, Sterling Hobbs, Defendants, Appellants, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for defendants-appellants.

Kathleen Molyneux (argued) and Bartholomew Dalton, Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

DUFFY, Justice.

The single issue in this appeal concerns the procedure by which mandatory prison sentences were imposed by the Superior Court. We conclude that, under the special circumstances of this case, there was not reversible error in the proceeding.

I.

The pertinent facts are these:

Clarence Hooks, Wilbur Johnson, Robert Golson and Sterling Hobbs (defendants) were indicted and convicted in the Superior Court of Murder in the First...

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