Crawley v. State

HERRMANN, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of burglary in the fourth degree.1 Upon appeal, the conviction was affirmed. See Del., 219 A. 2d 158. Thereafter, under Superior Court Rule 35(a), Del.C.Ann.2, the defendant moved for correction of his sentence on the ground that it was illegal. Upon denial of that motion, the defendant appeals.

The defendant contends that his sentence was illegal because certain evidence used in the burglary case had previously been the subject of charges of obtaining money under false pretenses, to which he had pleaded guilty in the Municipal Court. In the…