State Delaware v. Herbert Lee Spence

HERRMANN, Chief Justice: This certification presents the question of the constitutionality of capital punishment for first degree murder under 11 Del.C. §§ 636 and 4209. 1 in light of the recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280, 96 S. Ct. 2978, 49 L. Ed. 2d 944 (1976) and Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 325, 96 S. Ct. 3001, 49 L. Ed. 2d 974 (1976).