District Court, D. Delaware July 23, 2001, CIV.A. 97-130-GMS (Stevens v. Delaware Correctional Center)

OPINION

SLEET, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On February 15, 1991, following a jury trial in the Delaware Superior Court, the petitioner, Darrell W. Stevens, was convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse in the first degree.

See

11 Del. C. § 775 (1990).

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He was sentenced to life in prison without benefit of parole for the first twenty years.