Jackson v. State

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ROBERT W. JACKSON, III, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 216, 2006 Court Below: Superior Court of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County ID #92003717 Submitted: May 10, 2006 Decided: May 12, 2006 Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the court en banc. ORDER This 12th day of May, 2006, it appears to the Court that: On May 9, 2006, a United States District Court judge in the District of Delaware entered an order granting Jackson s motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the State defendants from carrying out Jackson s execution.1 Jackson s appeal to this Court of the Superior Court judge s refusal to grant a stay of execution is now moot. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.2 BY THE COURT: /s/ Myron T. Steele Chief Justice 1 Jackson v. Taylor, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27658 (D. Del. May 9, 2006) 2 See Del. S. Ct. R. 29(b).

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