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SHOCKLEY v. STATE

269 A.2d 778 (1970)

Sylvester SHOCKLEY, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

September 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Richard Kimmel of Tybout & Redfearn, and Peter Warren Green, Wilmington, for appellant.

Francis A. Reardon, State Prosecutor, Wilmington, for the State.

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

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by Sylvester Shockley from a conviction of manslaughter following trial on an indictment charging second degree murder. Shockley was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years and appeals.

Since the chronology becomes important by reason of Shockley's arguments, we set it forth. On February 16, 1968, one Nicholas Radick, a merchant, was shot and killed in his store. Shockley was...

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