RILEY v. STATE


585 A.2d 719 (1990)

James W. RILEY, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Connell (argued), Postconviction Relief Clinic, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, for appellant.

Jeffrey M. Taschner (argued), and Peter N. Letang, Deputy Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.


HORSEY, Justice:

Defendant, James W. Riley, appeals from two decisions of Superior Court, the first, dated April 29, 1988, and a second, dated April 21, 1989, each denying defendant postconviction relief. Defendant seeks relief from his 1982 convictions in trial by jury in Superior Court of two counts of murder in the first degree, intentional murder and felony murder, and his sentence to death for felony murder. In 1985...

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