WEEKS v. STATE

Nos. 345 & 359, 1993.

653 A.2d 266 (1995)

Dwayne WEEKS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Figliola (argued), Figliola & Facciolo, Wilmington, for appellant.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), Cynthia R. Kelsey and Marsha J. Epstein, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ., constituting the Court en banc.


HARTNETT, Justice:

This is the direct appeal from the decision of the Superior Court to accept Dwayne Weeks' ("Weeks") plea of guilty to the murders of Gwendolyn Weeks ("Gwendolyn") and Craig Williams and to impose the death sentence on him.

Weeks raises two issues. First, he argues that the Superior Court's failure during the plea colloquy to inquire into the results of Weeks' recent psychiatric evaluation renders...

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