PATRICK v. STATE


227 A.2d 486 (1967)

Ernest R. PATRICK, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Walls, Jr., and Robert M. High, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

Francis A. Reardon and Michael N. Castle, Deputy Attys. Gen., for plaintiff below, appellee.

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


HERRMANN, Justice:

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree on the grounds (1) that the evidence was circumstantial and insufficient to support the conviction; and (2) that evidence introduced at trial was illegally obtained.

The pertinent threshold facts are undisputed:

Ernest R. Patrick, the defendant, lived with Joseph Woods and Beverly Goodwyn. Beverly was Woods' mistress...

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