Legal Opinion
Fortt v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 13, 2001No. 618, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice.
From January 12, 1998 through January 16, 1998, two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery occurred in the Newark area. Four eyewitnesses to the three crimes all identified the defendant-appellant, Tschaka W. Fortt, as the perpetrator. Fortt was indicted on two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, one count of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree, three counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and two counts of Wearing a Disguise. The nolle prosequi was entered as to the Wearing a Disguise counts.
Following a jury trial at which he did…
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