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WEEKLEY v. STATE

222 A.2d 781 (1966)

Wilbert A. WEEKLEY and Edward J. Mayerhofer, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. The STATE of Delaware, Appellee. Thomas H. WINSETT, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

September 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. James Conaway, Jr., of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for Thomas H. Winsett.

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for Wilbert A. Weekley.

Arthur J. Sullivan, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for Edward J. Mayerhofer.

F. L. Peter Stone and Michael N. Castle, Deputy Attys. Gen., for the State.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

CAREY, Justice.

These appeals attack sentences imposed by the Superior Court after verdicts of guilty by a jury. Appellant Winsett was found guilty of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation of mercy; appellants Weekley and Mayerhofer were found guilty as accomplices. They seek reversals with instructions to direct the entry of judgments of acquittal or, in the alternative, to grant new trials. Their charges of error may be thus summarized: (1) the Court...

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