Legal Opinion
State v. Passerin
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 7, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice:
Pursuant to 10 Del.C. § 9902(b)&(c), the Attorney General has appealed an order of the Superior Court suppressing certain evidence obtained by deputies of the State Fire Marshal during a series of warrantless and nonconsensual searches of defendant’s business premises. 1 This matter has been here previously. In 1978 Robert A. Passe-rin was convicted in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware on five counts of arson in the second degree, 2 and one count of solicitation in the second degree. 3 This Court reversed the defendant’s convictions and ordered a new trial based upon…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Stoner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Herbert F. Steigler v. Raymond W. Anderson, Warden, Delaware Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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