HARDIN v. STATE

No. 419,2003.

844 A.2d 982 (2004)

Rudolph HARDIN Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Walker, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Timothy J. Donovan, Jr., Department of Justice, Wilmington, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we consider whether certain drug evidence should have been suppressed at trial because Wilmington police officers lacked the requisite level of cause to search the defendant's person and car and to seize the evidence found during those searches. We conclude that the evidence was admissible under the plain view and inevitable discovery doctrines. We also conclude that the Superior Court...

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