WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 113, 1999.

756 A.2d 349 (2000)

Dana WILLIAMS, Defendant-Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff-Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Hillis, Esquire, James D. Nutter, Esquire (argued), Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, Amicus Curiae for Appellant.

John Williams, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we find an implied savings provision in legislation that amended the criminal stalking statute. The result is that a defendant who is charged with committing the crime of stalking under the old statute in effect at the time of the alleged crime may be convicted under the old statute even though the amending legislation that created the new statute did not include an express savings clause...

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