Legal Opinion

Duonnolo v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided December 28, 1978PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McNEILLY, Justice:

Defendant, Ralph Duonnolo, appeals his Superior Court jury convictions of murder in the first degree and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, asserting errors of the Trial Judge by: admitting inflammatory, irrelevant and prejudicial testimony of events occurring shortly before the murder; failing to instruct the jury on the law of extreme emotional distress; requiring defendant’s wife to testify; permitting defendant to be viewed by the jury panel in handcuffs; admitting an empty pistol holder into evidence, it being irrelevant to a murder by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Fuentes v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1975
  5. State v. LynchDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1925

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Capano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
  2. State v. MinceyArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  4. Whalen v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1981
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006

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