DICKERSON v. STATE


325 A.2d 367 (1974)

Randolph E. DICKERSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

August 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Paul, Arlen B. Mekler and Paul R. Steyermark, Asst. Public Defenders, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

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

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY, J., and BROWN, Vice-Chancellor.


BROWN, Vice-Chancellor.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. Appellant urges three separate grounds for reversal, all of which relate to the admissibility of self-incriminating evidence offered against him at trial. They are discussed separately hereafter.

I.

The most significant evidence offered against the appellant was his written confession to the crime made some three months after the homicide and at a time when...

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