Legal Opinion
Porter v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 29, 1968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Herbert J. Porter, was convicted on two separate charges of 4th degree burglary. He was sentenced to two concurrent five-year sentences from which he now appeals.
The burglary charges involved two adjoining properties in Wilmington, 204 and 202 Poplar Street. In 204 there is a liquor store, while 202 is vacant and had been for some time prior to February 27, 1967, the date of the crimes.
On the day in question, the police arrested Porter coming out of a basement window of 202, and arrested Edward Tiller 1 in the basement of 202. It appeared that Porter and…
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