Supreme Court of Delaware· 9/11/1984

Ross v. State

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482 A.2d 727
1984 Del. LEXIS 386

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holding that a jury could not find manslaughter based in part on fact that the defendant's \own testimony conclusively establishes an intentional killing\
requiring a showing that prejudice resulted from the failure to record a portion of a trial proceeding for reversible error to be found
noting the distinction between the improper exclusion of a prospective juror who harbors doubts about capital punishment and the proper exclusion of a person who would not recommend the penalty of death regardless of the evidence
substantial body of law in other jurisdictions that a finding of guilt to a greater offense renders harmless any error in instructions on lesser included offenses
Jurors who are unable to return a verdict of guilty , where the penalty might be death, even if the evidence should so warrant, are not a “distinctive group”
Jurors who are unable to return a verdict of guilty *Page 1038 where the penalty might be death, even if the evidence should so warrant, are not a \distinctive group\

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Judges: McNeilly, Horsey, Christie

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