Legal Opinion
Balser v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided November 27, 1963PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Terry, Chief Justice.
This is a criminal appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Delaware for New Castle County. The defendant, Balser, was tried and convicted of the crime of robbery in violation of 11 Del. C. § 811. After a presen-tence investigation, he was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, to pay a fine of $500.00, to be imprisoned for twenty-five years and to be whipped with twenty lashes.
Several assignments of error are alleged as the basis for reversal. They fall into two categories — prejudicial conduct on the part of the Trial Court and that inclusion of lashes in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. CannonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1963
- Mullin v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
3Cited by3 opinions
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Talley v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
- William King Jackson v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, Lyle Edward Ernst, Jr. v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, Grady W. Mask v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968