Bantum v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, C. J.:
The record presents several questions, which may be summarized as follows:
I. Was there sufficient evidence to support the conviction?
II. Was evidence properly admitted that defendant, after shooting and killing deceased, attempted almost immediately thereafter to kill another person?
III. Was the .admission of photographs of the scene of the crime, showing the body of the deceased, improper and prejudicial?
IV. Did the trial court err in submitting the case to the jury in the evening, after the usual adjournment time?
V. Was the verdict “guilty as indicted” a nullity?
VI. Was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Seams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- State v. VaughanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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