A former Delaware death row inmate will still be denied bail as he awaits a new trial.
A state Superior Court judge ruled this month to withhold bail for Chauncey Starling, who was convicted of a 2001 barbershop shooting that left a man and a five-year-old boy dead.
That’s despite the state Supreme Court overturning Starling’s conviction late last year over his lawyer’s “ineffective” performance.
Starling was originally denied bail in a 2002 hearing and isn’t allowed to contest the ruling barring new circumstances.
Despite the passage of time, Judge Andrea Rocanelli says the case doesn’t meet the legal threshold to warrant a new bail hearing.
Rocanelli says Starling’s other argument – that the state Supreme Court is ruling on the constitutionality of Delaware’s death penalty – is too speculative to stick at this time.
