Legal Opinion
Pitts v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 17, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUILLEN, Justice:
The following statement of facts is taken practically verbatim from the defendant’s brief, such statement having also been adopted by the State in its answering brief.
Courtland Pitts was called as a witness on behalf of the State of Delaware during the trial of Messrs. Hickman and Williams on June 18, 1979. Mr. Pitts had testified in an earlier proceeding and expressed to the Court and prosecutor an unwillingness to testify again. Mr. Pitts took the stand, but when asked to swear on the Bible or to be affirmed, he said:
“I don’t know anything about this charge. I told you.
“I…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
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