BROWN v. STATE


249 A.2d 269 (1968)

Helen Elizabeth BROWN, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

December 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Francis Autman, Jr. of Kelsey & Autman, Dover, for defendant below, appellant.

Merrill C. Trader, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dover, for plaintiff below, appellee.

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


HERRMANN, Justice.

The determinative question in this appeal is whether a revocation of probation and imposition of a prison sentence, when based upon hearsay evidence alone, constitutes abuse of discretion. We think so.

I.

In 1964, the defendant entered pleas of guilty to two charges of abortion. She was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years on each charge, but the execution of the sentences...

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