Legal Opinion
Stafford v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 4, 2012No. 289, 2011PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice:
A passenger in a car stopped by the police for illegally tinted windows claimed to have no identification and provided an officer with a false identity. After a database search returned no results, the officer handcuffed the passenger and recovered a gun during a pat down. We hold that the officer possessed probable cause to arrest the passenger for criminal impersonation. Therefore, we AFFIRM the trial judge’s denial of a motion to suppress the gun.
*1226I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On August 23, 2009, Wilmington police officers Isreal Santiago and Thomas Oliver…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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