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State v. Smallwood

Citations

  • 346 A.2d 164
  • 1975 Del. LEXIS 648

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reinstating a first degree robbery conviction where the defendant placed his hand in his jacket pocket and pointed it in the direction of the victim so that the victim believed the defendant had a weapon
  • defendant’s hand in pocket pointed at victim is within statutory language “what appears to be a dangerous weapon”
  • trial judge’s ruling vacating the verdict based upon “construction of a statute”
  • Defendant threatened to shoot one of the victims
  • displays what appears to be a deadly weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Herrmann, Duffy, McNeilly

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