BROWN v. STATE


260 A.2d 704 (1969)

Roosevelt Leroy BROWN, Jerry Willis Harris, James E. Mason, Jr., and Richard A. Williams, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

December 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Poole, Wilmington, for appellant James E. Mason, Jr.

Joseph A. Julian, Jr., Wilmington, for appellant Richard A. Williams.

Bernard Balick, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants Roosevelt L. Brown and Jerry W. Harris.

Fletcher E. Campbell, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


CAREY, Justice:

This appeal from Superior Court raises the question of whether a search of the trunk of one appellant's car was reasonable, when made without a warrant several hours after his arrest.

The appellants, Roosevelt Leroy Brown, Jerry Willis Harris, James E. Mason, Jr., and Richard A. Williams, were found guilty by a jury of robbery and conspiracy to rob. On the night of December 21, 1967, an attempt was made to commit robbery at a motel just south...

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