Legal Opinion

Coleman v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided April 19, 1974Published

1Opinion of the Court

320 A.2d 740 (1974)

Bennie Love COLEMAN, Defendant Below, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

April 19, 1974.

Karl Haller, Asst. Public Defender, Georgetown, for defendant below, appellant.

Lawrence B. Steele, Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, and CAREY and DUFFY, Associate Justices.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice: (for the majority of the Court)

The defendant seeks review of his conviction for assault and battery on the ground that the Trial Court improperly charged the jury as to the defense of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. State v. RobinsonDelaware Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1944
  4. Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1974
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954

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