Legal Opinion

Tilden v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided August 5, 1986PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALSH, Justice:

The defendant, Goldfield Tilden, was convicted of various robbery, theft and weapons offenses in the Superior Court. He appeals on the ground that the jury’s verdict in certain respects was defective in both form and content and must be set aside. Post-trial, the trial judge refused to set aside the verdicts but acknowledged their inconsistency. Because the issue before us requires that we reexamine a previous decision of this Court and, if necessary overrule it, we have considered the appeal en banc. We conclude that the jury’s verdict in this case, although inconsistent,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Kepner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. NgWashington Supreme Court · 1988
  2. People v. FryeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1995
  3. Priest v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
  5. Garvey v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005

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