D.E. v. State

This is an appeal by the respondent, D.E., from an adjudication of delinquency and dispositional order for unlawful possession of cocaine which was entered below based on the respondent’s nolo contendere plea. In entering this plea, the respondent expressly reserved for appeal the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress the subject cocaine based on Fourth Amendment grounds. We affirm.

It is clear, based on this record, that the respondent abandoned the subject cocaine after fleeing from a police officer, but prior to being taken into custody by the officer. This being so, the abandonment of…