Legal Opinion

Fountain v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided February 11, 1972PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HERRMANN, Justice:

The defendant appeals from a denial by the Superior Court of postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Rule 35.* The motion was based upon an assertion of lack of jurisdiction to convict and sentence for violation of Sec. 39-18 (a) of the Wilmington City Code making it unlawful “to carry concealed a deadly weapon upon or about his person with the intent to use such weapon in violation of law * * *.”

The defendant had been tried in the Municipal Court of Wilmington on an information which charged that he did “carry concealed a deadly weapon, to wit, a razor, at 900…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. DeedonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1963
  2. Demonia v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
  3. Barlow v. DavisUtah Supreme Court · 1943

3Cited by8 opinions

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