Sheldon v. State

291 A.2d 273 (1972)

Daniel R. SHELDON, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

May 3, 1972.

Jay H. Conner, of Conner & Daley, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

Richard H. Schliem, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice, and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

CAREY, Justice (for the majority of the Court):

Daniel R. Sheldon, Jr., the appellant, was tried in Superior Court upon an indictment for rape (11 Del.C. § 781). The jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of assault.…