DIXON v. STATE

No. 426, 1994.

673 A.2d 1220 (1996)

Lloyd DIXON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Jane Perillo, Assistant Public Defender, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Timothy J. Donovan, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, for Appellee.

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


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal from convictions for Burglary First Degree and Robbery First Degree in which the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual offender, we consider: (1) the use of peremptory challenges by the State in an allegedly discriminatory manner; (2) the application of Delaware's robbery statute to an incident in which force was used solely in an attempt to escape after an attempted...

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