Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 26, 1954No. 5PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWolcott, J.
(Delivering the opinion of the majority of the Court) :
The appellant was indicted at the September Term, 1952 in New Castle County for murder in the first degree. She was tried in October of that year and found guilty of murder in the second degree. A motion for a new trial was made which was denied by the Superior Court on October 1, 1953, 99 A. 2d 501, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. From *429her conviction she now appeals. The reason for the delay of approximately one year between conviction and sentence does not appear.
The appellant in her brief urges the following…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Delnegro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
- People v. SprangerIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
- Pressley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. WinsettSuperior Court of Delaware · 1964
- Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1956
- Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1974
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1974