Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 16, 1983PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice:
These criminal appeals raise constitutional questions concerning the sufficiency of arrest warrants, standing to challenge search warrants and double jeopardy in sentencing. Defendants Andrew Thomas and Bernard Johnson were jointly tried and found guilty in two separate trials by jury in Superior Court of two robberies that occurred on the same day in Wilmington, Delaware. 1
Defendants Thomas and Johnson were first tried in March, 1981 on charges of committing an armed robbery in mid-afternoon on October 24, 1980 of a Wilmington loan company office. In the course of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by35 opinions
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