BLANKENSHIP v. STATE


447 A.2d 428 (1982)

Wade W. BLANKENSHIP, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Francis Autman, Jr. (argued) and Robert Thurston Barrett (argued), Barrett & Autman, P. A., Dover, for defendant below, appellant.

James E. Liguori, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dover (argued), for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before, HERRMANN, Chief Justice, McNEILLY and QUILLEN, Justices.


McNEILLY, Justice:

Defendant, Wade W. Blankenship, Jr., appeals his conviction by a Superior Court jury of First Degree Rape and First Degree Burglary. Four arguments are advanced by defendant for reversal of his convictions.

I

Initially, defendant contends that his confession was illegally obtained and erroneously admitted into evidence below because it was the product of an unconstitutional detention and...

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