Legal Opinion

Dickens v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided November 3, 1981PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McNEILLY, Justice:

Defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of First Degree Murder, First Degree Attempted Murder, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony and the lesser included offense of First Degree Assault. In this appeal, defendant contends: (1) that the State violated his right to due process by failing to disclose the existence of a six-inch steak knife, recovered by police officers at the scene of the shooting in question, and a written statement of an eyewitness, and (2) that the Trial Judge abused his discretion in admitting into evidence a photograph…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. United States v. Jack KaplanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Ortiz v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005
  2. Lilly v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  3. Diaz v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1986
  4. Floudiotis v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
  5. State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986

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