Hardin v. State

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we consider whether certain drug evidence should have been suppressed at trial because Wilmington police officers lacked the requisite level of cause to search the defendant’s person and car and to seize the evidence found during those searches. We conclude that the evidence was admissible under the plain view and inevitable discovery doctrines. We also conclude that the Superior Court acted within its discretion when it permitted an investigating officer to provide both fact and expert testimony at trial. We further determine that the State offered…