Legal Opinion
State v. Hodsdon
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided March 6, 1972PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUILLEN, Judge.
This prosecution was initiated under the Delaware flag statute. The indictment, notwithstanding the use of “either by word or act” language, alleges only an act: “displaying simultaneously on the front of his residence at 3202 Fernwood Place, Wilmington, Delaware, the United Nations flag and the United States flag, with the United Nations flag in the position of honor on the right side of his house and the United States flag in the subordinate position on the left side of his house and flown in a half-mast position . . .”. No other act is alleged and none can be considered.
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