Supreme Court of Delaware September 12, 2011, Nos. 153, 2010, 167, 2010 (Taylor v. State)

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Police arrested Emmett Taylor on August 17, 2007, and charged him with several crimes arising from the death of his fiancée, Stephanie Mumford. The trial judge, pursuant to Cooke v. State,1 barred Taylor’s trial counsel from seeking a guilty but mentally ill verdict. The jury convicted Taylor of all offenses and the trial judge sentenced him to death.