JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 150, 1997.

709 A.2d 1158 (1998)

Lawrence JOHNSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: May 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. O'Donnell (argued), and Kathryn B. Lunger, Assistant Public Defenders, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellant.

Timothy J. Donovan, Jr. (argued), and Thomas E. Brown, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we again confront the question of whether a single killing may give rise to multiple convictions and sentences for felony murder. Reaffirming previous rulings of this Court, we conclude that neither statutory intent, nor constitutional standards, require the merger of felony murder counts predicated on separate underlying felonies.

The appellant, Lawrence Johnson, was indicted on multiple charges arising...

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