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BLOUNT v. STATE

511 A.2d 1030 (1986)

James L. BLOUNT, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 8, 1986.

As Revised July 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Jane Mullen (argued), Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington and James A. Rambo, Wilmington, for appellant.

Richard E. Fairbanks (argued), Loren C. Meyers and Timothy J. Donovan, Jr. (argued), Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for the State.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., and McNEILLY and HORSEY, JJ.

CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

James L. Blount, Jr., was convicted of murder first degree, robbery first degree, and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. The victim was a 68-year old, retired clergyman, Reverend Perry O. Hill, who was walking in Canby Park West in Wilmington, on March 14, 1983, when he was shot to death. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

There were no eyewitnesses...

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