OUTLAW v. STATE


327 A.2d 606 (1974)

Ernest David OUTLAW, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided October 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Paul, Chief Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

Joseph A. Hurley and William E. Wright, Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY, J., and MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant appeals from convictions for rape and robbery, contending that an erroneous standard was applied to test the voluntariness of his confession and that a video-taped deposition of an absent witness should not have been admitted into evidence.

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The Trial Court charged the jury that the burden was on the State to show by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant's statement had been given voluntarily. Defendant argues that...

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