Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided June 13, 2002No. 179, 1999PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtVeasey, Chief J.

This case is about constitutional protections prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures that the judicial branch of government is obligated to enforce for the protection of the rights of all citizens, including the law-abiding as well as reprehensible drug traffickers and other criminals. Thus, we consider whether the police in this case met the constitutional requirement of reasonable suspicion to stop a ear and probable cause to search its contents.

Lawful and apparently innocent behavior may be “meaningless to the untrained” but still raise reasonable suspicion of drug trafficking in…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2008
  4. Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  5. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2009

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