Delaware § 4209 Punishment for first-degree murder committed by adult offenders

Delaware Statutes

§ 4209 — Punishment for first-degree murder committed by adult offenders

Delaware § 4209

Title11

PartCriminal Procedure Generally

Ch. 42CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES; SENTENCES

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 11, § 4209 (2026).

Text

(a)Punishment for first-degree murder. — Any person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the person had reached the person’s eighteenth birthday shall be punished by imprisonment for the remainder of the person’s natural life without benefit of probation or parole or any other reduction.

(b)-

(h)[Repealed.]

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Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 4209; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 2 ; 59 Del. Laws, c. 284, § 2 ; 61 Del. Laws, c. 41, § 1 ; 63 Del. Laws, c. 357, § 1 ; 65 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1 ; 65 Del. Laws, c. 494, § 4 ; 66 Del. Laws, c. 269, § 29 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 189, §§ 1-4 ; 69 Del. Laws, c. 206, § 1 ; 69 Del. Laws, c. 439, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 33, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 182, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 430, § 2 ; 73 Del. Laws, c. 423, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ; 73 Del. Laws, c. 424, § 1 ; 74 Del. Laws, c. 174, §§ 1, 2, 4 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 2 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 224, §§ 20, 21 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 10 ; 79 Del. Laws, c. 37, § 2 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 233, § 14 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 433, § 1