Legal Opinion

Weedon v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided September 23, 1994No. 234, 1993PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we consider whether the Superior Court erred in: (1) admitting certain testimony the State elicited from Jeanine Weedon (“Mrs. Weedon”), the wife of defendant below-appellant William Weedon, Jr. (“Weedon”); (2) admitting certain hearsay statements elicited from a police officer; and (3) whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence Weedon proffered to discredit the State’s motive theory. For the reasons stated below, .we hold that Weedon waived the marital communication privilege, did not properly preserve his hearsay objection and that the trial…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Weber v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1983
  2. Dutton v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1993
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Campbell v. BurrisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
  2. Floray v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  5. Weedon v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2000

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