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DASHIELL v. STATE

154 A.2d 688 (1959)

Marion James DASHIELL, Defendant-Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

On Reargument November 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Morris and Samuel R. Russell, Wilmington, for appellant.

Murray M. Schwartz, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

Marion Dashiell was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals.

Since it is admitted that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, the facts will be stated very briefly.

Dashiell lived with his wife and son in their three-story house in Wilmington. Some time in May, 1957 he rented a third-floor bedroom to Randolph Curlee, Jr. The men were at first friendly, but Curlee took to drinking and became quarrelsome...

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