DEMONIA v. STATE


210 A.2d 303 (1965)

Ernest DEMONIA, a/k/a Ernest Douglas, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

May 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram W. Warder, Wilmington, for appellant.

Edward J. Sobeleski, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen. (Charles F. Richards, Jr., Wilmington, on the brief), for appellee.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice, and CAREY and HERRMANN, Justices, sitting.


CAREY, Justice.

This is an appeal from sentences of the Superior Court for New Castle County based upon jury verdicts of two charges of assault and battery. The principal question raised is whether an information must allege the means by which the crime was committed.

Appellant was originally found guilty in the Municipal Court of Wilmington. The language in the informations there was that he "did make an assault upon (the victims) and did then and there beat...

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