NEAL v. STATE

No. 282, 2013.

80 A.3d 935 (2013)

Michael NEAL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bernstein , Wilmington, Delaware for appellant.

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

Before Chief Justice, and Justices.


STEELE, Chief Justice.

In this appeal of a denial of a postconviction relief motion, we consider whether trial and appellate counsel were ineffective during their representation of the defendant, stemming from a series of robberies on New Year's Eve 2008. The defendant argues that his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for failing to request at trial, and for failing to argue on direct appeal: (1) the inclusion of a Bland instruction in connection...

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