CHARBONNEAU v. STATE

No. 253, 2004, 254, 2004.

904 A.2d 295 (2006)

Linda L. CHARBONNEAU, Defendant Below Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Karsnitz (argued), Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Georgetown, Delaware and Thomas A. Pederson, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellant.

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

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the court en banc.


STEELE, Chief Justice, for the Majority.

The State indicted Linda Charbonneau, her daughter, Mellisa Rucinski, and Willie Tony Brown for criminal offenses arising out of the murders of John Charbonneau and William Sproates.1 The State entered into plea agreements with Mellisa and Brown contingent on their providing truthful proffers and truthful testimony at Linda's trial.

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