STECKEL v. STATE

No. 109,2005.

882 A.2d 168 (2005)

Brian STECKEL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bernstein, Esquire, (argued) and John P. Deckers, Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware for Appellant.

Loren C. Meyers, Esquire, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for Appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


RIDGELY, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Brian Steckel ("Steckel"), appeals from the Superior Court's denial of his second motion for post-conviction relief from his convictions and death sentences in a capital murder case. Steckel challenges the constitutionality of 11 Del. C. § 4209 ("Delaware's Death Penalty Statute"), and argues that the doctrine of severability requires the imposition of a sentence of life...

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