Opinion ID: 1954157
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Heading: comparison of sentences

Text: Notes: 1. The following abbreviations are used. LWOP life imprisonment without parole LWP parolable life sentence 2. Inmates who are subject to the Truth in Sentencing Act are designated by TIS after their name. 3. Column 3 in the table reflects the defendant's sentence if the defendant's felony murder conviction is reduced under Williams to manslaughter. See Kirk v. State, 2005 WL 3526325 (Del. Dec. 23, 2005). The identical information was presented under the heading  Williams Sentence in the chart submitted by the State on April 16, 2007. 4. Before the Truth in Sentencing Act took effect on June 30, 1990, manslaughter was classified as a Class B felony, punishable by a prison term of 3 to 30 years. Del.Code Ann. tit. 11, §§ 632, 4205(b)(2) (Repl.3987). Upon the Truth in Sentencing Act taking effect on June 30, 1990, manslaughter was classified as a Class C felony, punishable by a prison term of 0 to 10 years. Del.Code Ann. tit. 11, §§ 632, 4205(b)(2) (Repl.1995). (The current classification of manslaughter as a class B felony, punishable by 2 to 25 years imprisonment, became effective June 30, 2003. 74 Del. Laws ch. 106, §§ 2, 9-10.) The sentence information in Column 3 assumes that a defendant whose felony murder conviction is reduced to manslaughter is sentenced to the maximum term. 5. Column 4 in the table reflects the defendant's remaining sentence if the defendant's felony murder is vacated under Williams. This information was not contained in the chart submitted by the State on April 36, 2007. Inmate Current Sentence Manslaughter Sentence Remaining Sentence James W. Riley LWOP plus 25 years 55 years 25 years Ralph Hawkins (TIS) LWOP 10 years 0 years Miles Brice (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 5 years 25 years 5 years Robert Garvey (TIS) LWOP plus 30 years 40 years 30 years Carmelo Claudio LWOP, LWP plus 45 years LWP plus 75 years LWP plus 45 years Robert Golson LWOP plus 37 years (murder 67 years 37 years sentence later commuted to parolable life) Wilbur Johnson LWOP plus 37 years 67 years 37 years Sterling Hobbs (Amir LWOP plus 67 years 97 years 67 years Fatir) Maurice Giles LWOP 30 years 0 years Enrique Maymi LWOP, LWP plus 45 years LWP plus 75 years LWP plus 45 years Darrel Page (TIS) 4 LWOP plus 113 years 3 LWOP plus 123 years 3 LWOP plus 113 years Michael Jones (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 44 years LWOP plus 54 years LWOP plus 44 years Justin Burrell (TIS) LWOP plus 50 years 60 years 50 years Jermaine Barnett (TIS) LWOP plus 90 1/2 years 100 1/2 years 90 1/2 years Hector Barrow (TIS) LWOP plus 86 years 96 years 86 years Kevin Hill (TIS) LWOP plus 50 years 60 years 50 years Arthur Govan (TIS) 4 LWOP plus 115 years 2 LWOP plus 135 years 2 LWOP plus 115 years Donald Flagg (TIS) 3 LWOP plus 43 years 2 LWOP plus 53 years 2 LWOP 43 years William Gaines 2 LWOP LWOP plus 30 years LWOP Richard Massey LWOP plus 41 years 71 years 41 years Frank Whalen LWOP, LWP plus 30 years LWP plus 60 years LWP plus 30 years Alan Brooks LWOP plus 52 years 82 years 52 years Shane Deshields (TIS) LWOP plus 102 years 112 years 102 years Tyrone Baxter LWOP 30 years 0 years Richard Roth, Sr. (TIS) LWOP plus 166 years 176 years 166 years Paul Robertson (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 95 years 115 years 95 years Micheal R. Smith (TIS) LWOP plus 140 years 150 years 140 years Vicky Chao 3 LWOP plus 6 years 96 years 6 years Lawrence Collingwood LWOP plus 10 years 40 years 10 years Ernest Parsons 4 LWOP plus 127 years 2 LWOP plus 187 years 2 LWOP plus 127 years John Watson (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 40 years LWOP plus 50 years LWOP plus 40 years James Blount 2 LWOP plus 45 years LWOP plus 75 years LWOP plus 45 years Randolph Graham 2 LWOP plus 60 years LWOP plus 90 years LWOP plus 60 years Richard Thompson 2 LWOP plus 25 years LWOP plus 55 years LWOP plus 25 years Christopher Long (TIS) 4 LWOP plus 120 years 2 LWOP plus 140 years 2 LWOP plus 120 years Joyce Greenwood 4 LWOP plus 77 years 2 LWOP plus 137 years 2 LWOP plus 77 years (Lynch) Richard Roth, Jr. (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 188 years LWOP plus 198 years LWOP plus 188 years James Llewellyn (TIS) 4 LWOP plus 125 years 2 LWOP plus 145 years 2 LWOP plus 125 years Kenneth Rodgers (TIS) 4 LWOP plus 105 years 2 LWOP plus 125 years 2 LWOP plus 105 years Tze-Poong Liu 6 LWOP plus 22 years 3 LWOP plus 112 years 3 LWOP plus 22 years Antonio Taylor (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 33 years LWOP plus 43 years LWOP plus 33 years David Rush 2 LWOP, 3 LWP plus 8 years LWOP, 3 LWP plus LWOP, 3 LWP plus 38 years 8 years James Perez (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 38 years LWOP plus 48 years LWOP plus 38 years Luis Cabrera (TIS) 2 LWOP plus 9 years LWOP plus 19 years LWOP plus 9 years Steven Shelton (TIS) 2 Death plus 45 years 1 Death plus 55 years 1 Death plus 45 years Robert Jackson (TIS) 2 Death plus 46 years 1 Death plus 56 years 1 Death plus 46 years Adam Norcross (TIS) 3 Death plus 130 years 1 Death plus 150 years 1 Death plus 130 years Craig Zebroski (TIS) 2 Death plus 61 years 1 Death plus 71 years 1 Death plus 61 years Jermaine Wright (TIS) 2 Death plus 50 years 1 Death plus 60 years 1 Death plus 50 years Ralph Swan (TIS) 3 Death plus 132 years 1 Death plus 152 years 1 Death plus 132 years