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ORTIZ v. STATE

Nos. 494,2003, 528,2003.

869 A.2d 285 (2005)

Juan ORTIZ, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd A. Schmid, Jr., Esquire, Assistant Public Defender, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.

Kim Ayvazian, Esquire (argued) and John Williams, Esquire, Department of Justice, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellee.

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

HOLLAND, Justice.

This is the defendant-appellant's, Juan Ortiz, consolidated direct and automatic appeals from his judgments of conviction and death sentence for the murder of Deborah Clay. A Superior Court jury convicted Ortiz of Murder in the First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony and Arson in the Second Degree. Following a penalty hearing, the jury voted eleven to one to recommend a sentence...

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