NORMAN v. STATE


177 A.2d 347 (1962)

Robert Ward NORMAN, Defendant, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Delaware ex rel. Januar D. BOVE, Jr., Attorney General; The Honorable James B. Carey, Associate Judge of the Superior Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

February 1, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Berl, Jr., of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for petitioner.

E. Norman Veasey, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

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


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

The primary question presented by this case is whether the writ of mandamus may be used to review an order of the Superior Court refusing to quash an indictment.

The facts are these:

Petitioner Norman was arrested in California in December, 1955, for a federal crime. He was tried and convicted, and was committed to the United States Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is...

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