WOODY v. STATE

No. 475, 1999.

765 A.2d 1257 (2001)

Josiah WOODY, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. O'Donnell, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellant.

William E. Molchen, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee.

BEFORE: VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.


WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we examine the question of whether flight from the police may be considered as a factor justifying apprehension. We conclude that, given the unusual and suspicious circumstances surrounding the defendant's flight, the police were entitled to confront him and the Superior Court correctly concluded that the weapon subsequently seized from the defendant should not have...

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