Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 28, 2000No. 263, 1999PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
The defendant-appellant, Edward C. Gibbs, was charged with Second Degree Rape Without Consent. 1 The Department of Probation and Parole filed a violation of probation report with the Superior Court based upon Gibbs’ arrest for that charged offense. Following a jury trial in the Su perior Court, Gibbs was acquitted of the charge. Gibbs was subsequently found to have violated his probation and was sentenced to be incarcerated for 6 years at Level V.
This is Gibbs’ direct appeal. The sole issue presented to this Court is an argument that it was abuse of discretion for the…
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- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968
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