OUTTEN v. STATE

Nos. 159, 1993, 163, 1993, 164, 1993 and 166, 1993.

650 A.2d 1291 (1994)

Jack Foster OUTTEN, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Steven W. SHELTON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 21, 1994.

Revised: December 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Figliola (argued), Figliola & Facciolo and Sheryl Rush-Milstead, Wilmington, for appellant Outten.

Joseph A. Gabay (argued), Wilmington, for appellant Shelton.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ.


VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we consider the sentences of death imposed on April 30, 1993, by the Superior Court on defendants below-appellants Jack Outten ("Outten") and Steven Shelton ("Steven")1 for the first degree felony murder of Wilson Mannon ("Mannon"). Steven's principal grounds for overturning his sentence are as follow: (a) the State negligently failed to secure and preserve...

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