Legal Opinion

State v. Pulgini

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided May 27, 1977PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

In this discretionary appeal, taken pursuant to 10 Del.C. § 9903, 1 the sole question for consideration is whether information received twenty-three days prior to the issuance of a search warrant was sufficiently current to establish probable cause.

I

On September 3,1975, the police obtained a warrant authorizing the search of the defendant’s residence. Accompanying the application for the warrant was an affida vit disclosing the following facts: (1) that for a two-year period, ending in 1974, the defendant, an employee of the State Motor Vehicle Department, had sold to a police informant…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. Warren G. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
  2. People v. DolginIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
  4. Mayer v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1974
  5. State v. RamirezSuperior Court of Delaware · 1976

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jensen v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
  2. Sexton v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005
  4. State v. MondoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2005

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