Legal Opinion
Pepe v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 10, 1961No. 4, 1961PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott, J.:
This is an appeal from a conviction in the Superior Court on a charge of violating 11 Del. C. § 661.
On October 29, 1959, at the instigation of the police, one McCray gave the defendant twenty-five cents to be played on numbers 786 and 789. The defendant accepted McCray’s money but did not in exchange give him any slip, ticket or receipt as evidence of his play on the said numbers.
Thereafter, the defendant was arrested and charged in the Municipal Court of Wilmington with violation of 11 Del. C. § 661, which reads as follows:
“Whoever sells or disposes of, or has in his possession…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Francis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- State v. BlendtSuperior Court of Delaware · 1956
- State v. GenovaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Francis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Shields v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
- Gray v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Fountain v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1976
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