JOHNSON v. STATE


311 A.2d 873 (1973)

Leon I. JOHNSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

October 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Paul and Paul M. Lukoff, Asst. Public Defenders, and Donald W. Huntley, Wilmington, of counsel, for defendant below, appellant.

Richard R. Wier, Jr., State Prosecutor, for plaintiff below, appellee.

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


DUFFY, Justice:

Defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. On this appeal he seeks reversal on four separate grounds which are considered seriatim.

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The principal witness against the defendant was his former wife, who was in an apartment with the victim at the time of the shooting. Several times during the trial she became emotionally upset while testifying and on each occasion the Trial...

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