TAYLOR v. STATE

Nos. 153, 2010, 167, 2010.

28 A.3d 399 (2011)

Emmett TAYLOR, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Walker (argued) and Santino Ceccotti of the Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.

Paul R. Wallace (argued), Abby Adams and Maria Knoll of the Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

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


STEELE, Chief Justice:

Police arrested Emmett Taylor on August 17, 2007, and charged him with several crimes arising from the death of his fiancée, Stephanie Mumford. The trial judge, pursuant to Cooke v. State,1 barred Taylor's trial counsel from seeking a guilty but mentally ill verdict. The jury convicted Taylor of all offenses and the trial judge sentenced him to death. Taylor appeals his convictions and death sentence...

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