Legal Opinion
State v. Wrightson
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided August 15, 1978PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LONGOBARDI, Judge.
In this action, the Defendant has moved to suppress a quantity of marijuana which was seized by the police from his automobile.
The parties have stipulated to the following facts. On May 2, 1978 at about 6:50 p. m., police officers stopped the Defendant who was driving south on Jackson Street near its intersection with Second Street in Wilmington. The police officers took the Defendant in custody under the provisions of our two hour detention statute. 11 Del.C. 1902. They did not arrest him. During the two hour detention period, the Defendant consented in writing to a police…
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