Quarles v. State

WALSH, Justice (for the majority).

In this appeal from the Superior Court, the appellant, Samir Quarles (“Quarles”) seeks a reversal of a ruling that denied his motion to suppress evidence of illegal drugs seized from his person during a street encounter with police. The Superior Court rejected Quarles’ contention that the police lacked “reasonable suspicion” to detain him or, alternatively, that even if the stop was sustainable, the subsequent consent to search his person was not voluntary. We conclude that under a totality of circumstances test the conduct of the appellant, measured from the…