State v. Abel

STEELE, Chief Justice,

for the Majority:

A State Trooper stopped a Hells Angels member for speeding. When asked where he was going, the defendant cordially declined to answer. The State Trooper informed the defendant he would pat him down, and the defendant revealed he possessed two handguns. We AFFIRM the Superior Court judge’s grant of defendant’s motion to suppress because under the totality of the circumstances, no particularized, reasonable, articulable suspicion that the defendant was presently armed and dangerous existed.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Delaware State Trooper John Andrew…