Legal Opinion
Steigler v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 16, 1971No. 41PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAREY, Justice:
The appellant, Herbert F. Steigler, was convicted in Superior Court upon three charges of murder in the first degree and one charge of assault with intent to com mit murder. He has appealed from the sentences imposed thereupon. His contentions are numerous and will be discussed individually.
The crimes with which the appellant was charged took place very early in the morning of October 19, 1968. The persons killed were appellant’s father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his six-year-old daughter. Their deaths resulted from a fire which gutted appellant’s home near Wilmington. At the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Williams v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. KoedatichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Hooks v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
- Capano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Herbert F. Steigler v. Raymond W. Anderson, Warden, Delaware Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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