Legal Opinion
State v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 11, 1969PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Justice:
The subject of this certification 1 is a new Statute, 11 Del.C. § 470, entitled “Purchase and Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons Prohibited.”
Upon penalty of fine or imprisonment, the Statute prohibits any “person, having been convicted in this State or elsewhere of a felony or crime of violence” from owning, possessing, or controlling “any firearm or weapon capable of firing a missile or projectile with sufficient force to cause death or serious bodily injury.” The Board of Pardons is empowered to remove the disability upon application.
The following facts are…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Mason v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1956
- State v. ChaseSuperior Court of Delaware · 1957
- State v. DeedonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1963
- State v. DeedonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963
3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StanleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Globe Liquor Co. v. Four Roses Distillers CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
- Monceaux v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2012
- State v. J. K.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1977
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