Legal Opinion

Alston v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided February 9, 1989PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALSH, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Harold S. Alston (“Alston”), was convicted of seven counts of first degree robbery and nine counts of second degree conspiracy after a jury trial in the Superior Court. The robberies were committed at various locations in the city of Wilmington and New Castle County. On appeal Alston contends that the trial judge should have suppressed two *306statements made by Alston to police. He also argues that the jury’s verdict was internally inconsistent and legally flawed. Although we find that certain evidence was improperly admitted against Alston, we conclude…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Harold S. Alston v. Walter Redman, Warden Charles M. Oberly, Iii, Attorney General of the State of Delaware and the State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  2. Lopez-Vazquez v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2008
  3. Seward v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
  4. Saucier v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Gregory v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992

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