Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 11, 1965No. 3PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Justice:
This is a criminal case in which the jury found the defendant guilty of burglary in the fourth degree. The sentence was imprisonment for two years and the defendant appeals.
The case involves the breaking and entering of an alcoholic liquor package store in Wilmington and the theft therefrom of a quantity of liquors. The door of the store had been locked shortly after midnight and "was discovered forced open in the same morning at about 6:00 A.M. Several bottles of liquor were missing. There was no direct evidence as to the identity of the person or persons who broke and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Eric McNello v. John B. Kelly, Inc. v. B. J. Lucarelli and Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- J. A. Herzog v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- South Atlantic Steamship Co. v. MunkacsySupreme Court of Delaware · 1936
- Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1901
3Cited by14 opinions
- Weber v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Probst v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Chao v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992
- Goddard v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
- Webster v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
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