CANNON v. STATE


168 A.2d 108 (1961)

Howard Everett CANNON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Baker, Georgetown, for appellant.

Paul R. Reed, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for the State.

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


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

Defendant Cannon's appeal raises questions touching the construction and the constitutionality of the Uniform Arrest Act of 1951, now 11 Del.C. § 1902.

The facts are these:

On the evening of July 4, 1959, Mrs. Lewis Smith was returning by car to her home on Route 404, two miles north of Bridgeville. She observed a car ahead of her, later shown to be driven by Cannon. She followed him for some time. He was driving erratically...

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