CAPANO v. STATE

No. 131, 2005.

889 A.2d 968 (2006)

Thomas J. CAPANO, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bernstein, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.

Ferris W. Wharton (argued) and Loren Meyers of the Department of Justice, Wilmington, De, for appellee.

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


RIDGELY, Justice, for the majority:

Defendant-appellant, Thomas J. Capano, was convicted by a jury of Murder in the First Degree, and was sentenced to death by a Superior Court Judge after the jury advised the Judge by a vote of 11 to 1 that a statutory aggravating circumstance existed which made Capano eligible for the death penalty. This Court affirmed the conviction and death sentence on appeal, specifically rejecting...

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