Legal Opinion
Burton v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 9, 1981PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Chief Justice.
The defendant, William D. Burton, was found guilty of two counts of rape in the second degree, 11 Del.C. § 763, 1 and one count of kidnapping in the first degree, 11 Del.C. § 783A(4). 2 He received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for the kidnapping, to be served consecutively with two ten-year terms for the rape convictions. The main ground of this appeal is the contention that it is unjust and unlawful to convict and punish the defendant for both rape and kidnapping on the facts of this case.
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Shortly before three o’clock in the afternoon, the defendant, age…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
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