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HUGHES v. STATE

No. 631980.

437 A.2d 559 (1981)

Robert D. HUGHES, Defendant, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy J. Holland of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Georgetown, and Samuel Dash (argued), Washington, D. C., for defendant, appellant.

Charles M. Oberly, III, Asst. State Prosecutor (argued), Wilmington, for plaintiff, appellee.

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

DUFFY, Justice:

This is an appeal by Robert D. Hughes (defendant) who was sentenced by the Superior Court after a jury had found him guilty of Murder in the First Degree, 11 Del.C. § 636(a)(1).1

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The State's case is based on circumstantial evidence and, in their respective briefs, the parties have examined in detail the evidence and the manner in which it was used...

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