WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 81.

301 A.2d 88 (1973)

Janice WILLIAMS and Howard Smith, Defendants below, Appellants, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

January 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo Falasca, Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for appellants.

Charles Brandt and Mason E. Turner, Jr., Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for the State.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice, and CAREY and HERRMANN, Justices, sitting.


WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by two co-defendants from robbery convictions.

At the trial defendant Smith testified, apparently to establish lack of motive, that he had no particular need for money since his mother provided him with his basic needs. In rebuttal, the State called a turnkey of the Wilmington jail who testified that, after arrest, Smith requested that he be sent to a hospital because he was suffering from drug addiction.

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