Wicks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that the Legislature “deleted the crime of rape . . . and substituted a crime known as unlawful sexual intercourse . . . , which . . . . [includes] all the elements previously required to establish the commission of rape”
• In the face of silence on the issue, there is no reason to believe the General Assembly would intend punishment to depend upon fortuitous circumstance of when a defendant was convicted and sentenced.
• In the face of silence on the issue, there is no reason to believe the General Assembly would intend punishment to depend upon fortuitous circumstance of when a defendant was convicted and sentenced rather than when his crime was committed.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Ismaaeel
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2004-01-13· cited 19×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-12-14· cited 10×
• KEELEY
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2017-07-01· cited 7×
• State v. Dillard
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-01-04
• State v. Dillard
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-01-07

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Springer v. Government of Philippine Islands
  Supreme Court· 1928-05-14· cited 402×
• Spielberg v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-03-16· cited 63×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Krongold
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1974-04-05· cited 51×
• Mayor and Council of Wilmington v. Dukes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1960-02-10· cited 26×
• Wicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-11-10· cited 11×
• Dooley v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1957-10-10· cited 8×
• State v. SHARON H.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1981-03-27· cited 7×
• State v. Haskins
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1987-03-05· cited 5×
• Graffagnino v. Amoco Chemical Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1978-06-29· cited 4×