Legal Opinion
Quillen v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 6, 1955No. 21, 1954PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, C. J.:
The appellant, David Warren Quillen, was indicted and tried for the murden of Raymond L. Banks, Sr., by shooting him with a shotgun. Quillen was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He ap peals, alleging error (1) in the refusal of the Court to quash a panel of additional jurors, and (2) in the charge to the jury.
A brief summary of the State’s case is as follows:
Quillen and Banks owned adjoining farms in Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County. There had apparently been trouble between them. On December 8, 1952, Banks, his son…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State v. . WillisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1868
- Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. RobinsonOhio Supreme Court · 1976
- DeVaughn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
- State v. WinsettSuperior Court of Delaware · 1964
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