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SYKES v. STATE

Nos. 519, 2006, 556, 2006.

953 A.2d 261 (2008)

Ambrose L. SYKES, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Tease, Wilmington, DE and Thomas D. Donovan, Dover, DE, for appellant.

John Williams, Department of Justice, Dover, DE, for appellee.

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

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Ambrose L. Sykes, appellant, appeals his Superior Court convictions of two counts of Murder First Degree, two counts of Rape First Degree, and various other felony and misdemeanor offenses. Sykes was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Sykes makes six arguments on appeal. First, Sykes argues that the trial judge infringed his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent when he erroneously instructed the jury during the guilt phase<...

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