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Dashiell v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided November 10, 1959No. 54, 1958PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Southerland, C. J.:

Marion Dashiell was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals.

Since it is admitted that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, the facts will be stated very briefly.

Dashiell lived with his wife and son in their three-story house in Wilmington. Some time in May, 1957 he rented a third-floor bedroom to Randolph Curlee, Jr. The men were at first friendly, but Curlee took to drinking and became quarrelsome. Bad blood between them developed.

On December 7, 1957, Curlee came home drunk, and after a while went to his room. Dashiell went from the first floor…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. LynchDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1925

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. PressmanSupreme Court of Delaware · 1996
  2. Longoria v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
  4. Wyant v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1986
  5. Haug v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979

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