Supreme Court of Delaware

Conviction of defendant for drug related offenses is affirmed where: 1) defendant's motion to suppress was properly denied as trial judge properly relied upon Loftland v. State in ruling that defendant's detention was justified by a reasonably and articulable suspicion; and 2) that detention led to a valid warrantless search of the vehicle and the evidence seized provided a proper basis for defendant's arrest after his detention.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/13/2009
• Published 10/13/2009

Judges

• HOLLAND, Justice., Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward C. Pankowski, Jr., Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.


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