Legal Opinion
O'NEAL v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 3, 1968PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Justice:
This appeal from convictions of robbery involves the alleged perjured testimony of an accomplice.
The appellants Thurman C. O’Neal and Michael F. George were jointly indicted for the robbery of a liquor store operator, William Kempski. A separate indictment was returned against Charles L. Pruitt for the same offense. Some time before the trial, upon application of the State, the cases were consolidated for trial; but just before trial commenced, the State “elected” not to try Pruitt, and the trial proceeded as to the appellants only.
Pruitt testified as an eye witness against…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State v. WinsettSuperior Court of Delaware · 1964
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- State v. LynchDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1925
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1963
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. WoleryOhio Supreme Court · 1976
- Brokenbrough v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Bland v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1970
- Seth v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
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