Supreme Court of Delaware

When a detaining officer failed to articulate how defendant's lawful behavior matched the police's drug courier profile characteristics, such belief was no more than an unparticularized suspicion or "hunch," and the police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop and search a vehicle.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/13/2002
• Published 06/18/2002

Judges

• VEASEY, Chief J., BEFORE:  VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, and STEELE, Justices, and HARTNETT, Justice (Retired), constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles M. Oberly, III, of Oberly & Jennings, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.