Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided February 14, 1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McNEILLY, Justice:

Defendant, Edward L. Thompson, appeals his jury convictions in the Superior Court of rape in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. He contends the Trial Court erred by failing to instruct the jury in accordance with Lord Hale’s caution and on the element of “voluntary social companion”; by not ordering a State’s witness to undergo a polygraph examination or psychiatric evaluation; by refusing to permit a view; by not permitting defense counsel to question a private investigator on…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Tricoche v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  2. Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  3. Jensen v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
  4. Lampkins v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1983
  5. DeJesus v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995

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