MORALES v. STATE

No. 233, 1996.

696 A.2d 390 (1997)

Luis MORALES, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bernstein, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Timothy J. Donovan, Jr, and Paul R. Wallace (argued), Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, for Appellee.

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


VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether guilty pleas entered in conjunction with plea bargains made in another jurisdiction and documented as such only by indictments and docket sheets may provide the basis for an adjudication of habitual criminality under 11 Del.C. § 4214(b). We hold that these records are insufficient to establish defendant's prior...

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