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WATSON v. STATE

No. 116,2005.

892 A.2d 366 (2005)

Emil WATSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Walker, Esquire, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

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

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

BERGER, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider, among other issues, whether a person may be sentenced as an habitual offender where one of his prior offenses has been legislatively reclassified. Appellant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine at a time when the offense required possession of at least 5 grams of the narcotic. Recently, the trafficking statute was amended to require possession of a minimum of 10 grams of cocaine...

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