NASH v. STATE


295 A.2d 715 (1972)

Sidney L. NASH, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee. Homer U. WHEAT, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

July 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Sullivan, Public Defender, Wilmington, for Sidney L. Nash, defendant below, appellant.

Joseph A. Rosenthal of Cohen, Morris & Rosenthal, Wilmington, for Homer U. Wheat, defendant below, appellant.

Richard R. Wier, Jr., State Prosecutor, and John P. Daley, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ.


HERRMANN, Justice:

In this drug case, we are called upon to decide whether the search and seizure was reasonable, and consonant with the Fourth Amendment, under the standards of Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed.2d 889 (1968). The defendants were tried and convicted separately upon charges of possession of heroin with intent to sell and possession of a hypodermic syringe. Their...

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