Case Name: State v. Frank Wilkins
Court: Delaware Court of Oyer and Terminer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1930-12-12
Citations: 34 Del. 407
Docket Number: No. 51
Parties: State v. Frank Wilkins.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 407–408

Head Matter:
State v. Frank Wilkins.
(December 12, 1930.)
Pennewill, C. J., Harrington and Richards, J. J., sitting.
Reuben Sattertwaite, Attorney-General, Charles F. Richards and David J. Reinhardt, Jr., Deputy Attorneys-General, for the State.
William Prickett for the defendant.
Court of Oyer and Terminer for New Castle County.
No. 51,
May Term, 1930.

Opinion:
Pennewill, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
Rape is a felony (section 4706, Revised Code of 1915), but because of the proviso as to capital cases in section 4827 of the Code, and above referred to, the motion for a new trial is refused.