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WORD v. STATE

No. 195, 2001.

801 A.2d 927 (2002)

Hubert Marty WORD, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Oberly, III, Esquire, of Oberly & Jennings, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.

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

VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we review the scope of the statutory element of first degree robbery that requires a finding that the defendant "displays what appears to be a deadly weapon."1 We clarify and reaffirm that to support a conviction for first degree robbery, the victim not only must have the subjective belief that the defendant possesses a deadly weapon but also this belief...

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