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STATE v. WHITE

395 A.2d 1082 (1978)

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. Steven A. WHITE, Defendant. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. Lewis PRATCHER, Defendant. Frank C. WHALEN, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided August 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Natalie, Jr., Robert B. Anderson, Charles K. Meuse, and Kenneth R. Abraham, Deputy Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr., Richard M. Baumeister, and David M. Lukoff, Asst. Public Defenders, Wilmington, for defendant White.

Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for defendant Pratcher.

Nancy Jane Mullen, Asst. Public Defender and J. Dallas Winslow, Jr., Chief Deputy Public Defender, for appellant Whalen.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The constitutionality of Delaware's 1977 Statute providing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty (11 Del.C. § 4209)1 is challenged by this certification on various grounds.

The following questions of law have been certified by the Superior Court and accepted by this Court:

"I. Do the provisions of 11 Del.C. § 4209...

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