Dickerson v. State

BROWN, Vice-Chancellor.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. Appellant urges three separate grounds for reversal, all of which relate to the admissibility of self-incriminating evidence offered against him at trial. They are discussed separately hereafter.

I

The most significant evidence offered against the appellant was his written confession to the crime made some three months after the homicide and at a time when he was in police custody as the result of unrelated charges. At a pre-trial suppression hearing, the trial judge found “be yond a reasonable doubt” that…