Brooks v. State

McNEILLY, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction (non jury) in the Superior Court of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, 11 Del.C. § 1447, asserting three grounds for reversal: (1) that the conviction was erroneous because the weapon was never in his possession; (2) that the conviction was erroneous because as a juvenile he could not be convicted of a felony; (3) that his warrantless arrest was illegal.

I

Defendant Brooks, a juvenile, and co-defendant Moore, stopped David Reineke, who was riding a bicycle on a public street, demanding that he give it to them. When…