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PETITION OF STATE FOR WRIT

433 A.2d 325 (1981)

In the Matter of the PETITION OF the STATE of Delaware FOR a WRIT OF MANDAMUS. In the Matter of the PETITION OF the STATE of Delaware FOR a WRIT OF PROHIBITION.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Walther, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington (argued), for complainant.

Joseph B. Green, Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington (argued), for respondent.

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

PER CURIAM:

The matters before the Court arise from the State's two complaints seeking a writ of mandamus and a writ of prohibition. In the course of a first degree murder trial, the Trial Judge ruled that the only statutory aggravating circumstance relied upon by the State to support the imposition of the death penalty was unconstitutionally vague, State v. Chaplin, Del.Super., 433 A.2d 327 (1981). Consequently, the Trial...

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