Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
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…
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