Supreme Court of Delaware

Craig A. Zebroski, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Appellee.

January 25, 2018179 A.3d 855

Summary

The Court affirmed the mandatory life-without-parole sentence imposed after the appellant's death sentence was vacated because the statutory life-without-parole alternative remained enforceable and was severable from the invalid capital-sentencing procedures. It rejected the appellant's claim that the Eighth Amendment protections for juveniles should extend to offenders who were 18 at the time of the offense, and it found no viable proportionality or due-process basis for relief. No separate opinions were filed.