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TUCKER v. STATE

187 A.2d 429 (1963)

Lewis Wilson TUCKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

January 3, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore F. Sandstrom, and Wilfred J. Smith, Jr., of Smith & Gentile, Wilmington, for appellant.

E. Norman Veasey, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice, WOLCOTT, Justice, and SHORT, Vice Chancellor, sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

On the morning of September 1, 1960, the partly-clad body of a young woman was found in an old farm lane leading from Creek Road near Newark, Delaware. The area is a wooded section with dense undergrowth. The police were notified and the body was removed to Memorial Hospital. It was later identified as that of Gertrude Perkins, who lived with her parents and sisters in Newark. She had been missing...

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