Legal Opinion

Burke v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided October 23, 1984PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The defendants, James T. Burke, Paul R. Hamilton, and Paul Morris, appeal from convictions of Rape in the First Degree and Conspiracy in the First Degree. The Superior Court sentenced each of the defendants to life imprisonment on the Rape charge and 10 years imprisonment on the Conspiracy charge. We find no reversible error upon any of the grounds of this appeal. Accordingly, we affirm.

I

The State’s evidence established the following facts:

In April 1982, the victim accompanied a member of the Pagan Motorcycle Club (hereinafter “Pagans”) to a “swap meet”, a gathering…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Rubin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Russell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Claudio v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
  3. Gattis v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  4. Douglas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Sheeran v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987

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