VIRDIN v. STATE

No. 593, 1999.

780 A.2d 1024 (2001)

James W. VIRDIN, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Liguori, Esquire (argued) and Laura A. Redding, Esquire of Liguori, Morris & Redding, Dover, Delaware, Attorneys for Appellant.

John Williams, Esquire, Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, Attorney for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

This appeal of a life sentence without probation or parole entered on a first degree murder conviction presents several issues, two of which are of particular importance in our jurisprudence.

One issue is the question of when a search by private parties becomes a police search, thus invoking the constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by state agents. In this case...

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