Opinion ID: 3019333
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Heading: Outten’s Direct Automatic Appeal

Text: Pursuant to 11 Del. C. § 4209(g), an automatic appeal was taken to the Delaware Supreme Court. On appeal, Outten argued that (1) the Superior Court erred by refusing to grant a severance of his trial from that of his co-defendants; (2) the State’s use of a peremptory challenge to strike an AfricanAmerican juror from the jury violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986); and (3) the Superior Court erred by not allowing him to introduce extrinsic evidence in support of the credibility of one of his witnesses at trial. Outten v. State, 650 A.2d 1291, 1293 (Del. 1994) (Outten I). The Delaware Supreme Court rejected each of Outten’s claims and, accordingly, affirmed his 13 conviction and sentence. Id. at 1298–1300, 1301–02.