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DOWNS v. STATE

570 A.2d 1142 (1990)

Phillip W. DOWNS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 11, 1990.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary F. Traynor, Brown, Shiels & Chasanov, Dover, for appellant Phillip W. Downs.

Gary A. Myers, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellee State of Del.

Before HORSEY, MOORE and WALSH, JJ.

MOORE, Justice:

Phillip W. Downs ("Downs") appeals his convictions on charges of trafficking in cocaine and resisting arrest. The trial judge denied Downs' motion to suppress evidence that allegedly was obtained as a result of an unlawful arrest or detention. On appeal Downs contends that his initial detention was so coercive as to constitute an arrest which was not supported by probable cause, or alternatively, that an informant's anonymous tip which led the police...

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