STATE v. BRYSON

Criminal Action No. 108a, September Term 1951.

87 A.2d 640 (1952)

STATE v. BRYSON.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

February 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Albert Young, Atty. Gen., Vincent A. Theisen, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Stephen E. Hamilton, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

Harold Leshem, Wilmington, for defendant.


CAREY, Judge.

Guessford's written confession, standing alone, was concededly inadmissible. State v. Prettyman, 6 Boyce 452, 100 A. 476; State v. Frantz, 2 W.W.Harr. 225, 121 A. 652. It was admitted upon the theory that it formed the necessary predicate to a possible implied acquiescence in its truth by Bryson, the Court then being of the opinion that the statement attributed to him could be deemed an evasive answer. With respect...

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