Legal Opinion
State v. Deputy
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 21, 1981PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUILLEN, Justice:
This is an appeal from a Superior Court order suppressing evidence in a murder prosecution. The appeal arises under our statute which permits the State to appeal in criminal cases under certain circumstances.1 The pertinent facts are as follows:
*1041On February 7, 1979, the Delaware State Police began investigating the brutal murders of Bayard and Alberta Smith, an elderly couple found stabbed to death in their own home. The nature and severity of the crime indicated to the police that more than one killer may have been involved. Within hours the police obtained probable cause to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Michigan v. SummersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. PeltierSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Brown v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
- Andre Stanley Deputy v. Stanley Taylor, Warden, Sussex Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Deputy v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
- Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
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