Legal Opinion
State v. Cannon
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 3, 1963No. 11PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott, J.:
By order dated February 4, 1963, we accepted certification of the following question:
I. Are any of the statutes (11 Delaware Code, §§ 631, 3905, 3906, 3907 and 3908) relating to the imposition of lashes as a form of punishment, unconstitutional on the face of said statutes in that:(a) They are violative of the protection against “cruel punishments” of Article 1, Section 11 of the Delaware Constitution?(b) They are violative of the protection against “cruel and unusual punishments” of the Eighth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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