JOHNSON v. STATE

Nos. 464, 2008, 489, 2008.

983 A.2d 904 (2009)

Shannon JOHNSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Haley, Jr., Esquire, Ferrara & Haley, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.

Paul R. Wallace, Esquire (argued), Danielle J. Brennan, Esquire, James T. Wakley, Esquire and Karin M. Volker, Esquire, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for appellee.

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


HOLLAND, Justice:

This is the direct appeal by the defendant-appellant, Shannon Johnson, who has been sentenced to death. An indictment was filed in the Superior Court charging Johnson with Murder in the First Degree (Cameron Hamelin), Attempted Murder in the First Degree (Lakeisha Truitt), Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (two counts), and Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited, regarding a September 24, 2006, incident. The...

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