RAUF v. STATE

No. 39, 2016.

145 A.3d 430 (2016)

Benjamin RAUF, Defendant-Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santino Ceccotti, Esquire (Argued), Ross A. Flockerzie, Esquire , David C. Skoranski, Esquire , Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware for Appellant.

Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Esquire , John R. Williams, Esquire , Sean P. Lugg, Esquire (Argued), Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for Appellee.

Elena C. Norman, Esquire , Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Esquire , Nicholas J. Rohrer, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Marc Bookman, Esquire , Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae for the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation.

Jeffrey S. Goddess, Esquire , Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; G. Ben Cohen, Esquire , The Promise of Justice Initiative, New Orleans, Louisiana, Amicus Curiae for the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.

Richard H. Morse, Esquire , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware; Cassandra Stubbs, Esquire , Brian W. Stull, Esquire , American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project, Durham, North Carolina, Amicus Curiae for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Delaware and the American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


The State has charged the Defendant, Benjamin Rauf with one count of First Degree Intentional Murder, one count of First Degree Felony Murder, Possession of a Firearm During those Felonies, and First Degree Robbery. The State has expressed its intention to seek the death penalty if...

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