Legal Opinion
Parson v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 16, 1971PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
This is the second appeal in this cause. In 1964 the appellant, Norman Benjamin Parson, was indicted under 11 Del.C. § 571 for murder in the first degree in that he caused the death of Kathleen Rae Maull while attempting to perpetrate a rape upon her.
At his first trial Parson was found guilty and sentenced to death. He appealed to this court. We affirmed. Parson v. State, Del., 222 A.2d 326 (1966), cert. den. 386 U.S. 935, 87 S.Ct. 961, 17 L.Ed.2d 807 (1967).
Parson thereupon filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the…
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