Legal Opinion

McCollum v. Sullivan

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided February 12, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 79-609Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior Judge:

Petitioner was convicted in 1976 of rape in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, conspiracy in the second degree, and two counts of robbery in the first degree in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and the Superior Court’s denial of two motions for a new trial. McCollum v. State, No. 153, 1976 (Sept. 29, 1977) and McCollum v. State, No. 249, 1978 (Nov. 24, 1979).

Petitioner has sought a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the basis of the following nine…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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