Osburn v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that due process requires that a judge have an open mind as to the sentence to be imposed, at least to the extent of receiving all information bearing on the question of mitigation
• recognizing that due process requires that a judge have an open mind as to the sentence to be imposed, at least to the extent of receiving all information bearing on the question of mitigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shelton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-01-05· cited 90×
• Siple v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-10-06· cited 58×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-09-07· cited 15×
• Dabney v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-01-14· cited 7×
• V. F. W. Holding Co. v. Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1969-03-27· cited 1×
• Hohn v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-08-14
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-02-18
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-04-18
• State v. Smith
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-04-18
• Gingerich v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-06-30

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 734×
• Hinckle v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-03-04· cited 17×
• Seeney v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1965-06-29· cited 9×
• Cannon v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-09-13· cited 6×