PENNELL v. STATE


604 A.2d 1368 (1992)

Steven B. PENNELL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Pennell, pro se. Joseph M. Bernstein, "stand-by" counsel, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), and Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH, and HOLLAND, JJ. (constituting the Court ).


HOLLAND, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Steven B. Pennell ("Pennell"), was indicted on two separate charges of Murder in the First Degree. Pennell entered pleas of nolo contendere. On October 31, 1991, following a penalty hearing, the Superior Court sentenced Pennell to death by lethal injection for each crime. Pennell did not file a direct appeal.

An automatic appeal was docketed with this Court on November...

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