Legal Opinion

Harrison v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided March 18, 1982PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1379McNEILLY, Justice

(for the majority):

This appeal requires the Court to interpret and apply the Delaware Entrapment Statute, 11 Del.C. § 432,1 as revised in 1974.

The defendant, Winifred Harrison, was convicted after trial by jury and sentenced on charges relating to her employment as a prison guard at the Smyrna Correctional Institution. The appeal is based upon the Trial Court’s refusal to set aside the jury verdict and hold that entrapment had occurred as a matter of law.

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The defendant was indicted on two counts of each of the following offenses: Receiving a Bribe (11 Del.C. § 1203); Delivery…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. United States v. William Christopher Twigg, Iii, United States of America v. Henry Alfred NevilleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. SprouseSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
  2. State v. AgrabanteHawaii Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. MathewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Kemp v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Atkins v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987

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