Legal Opinion
Ayala v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 11, 2019No. 103, 2018PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRAYNOR, Justice:
In July 2015, police officers stopped Javier Ayala for driving a vehicle with a suspended license. During a search of his vehicle and a subsequent search of his home under a previously issued warrant, officers found a .22-caliber pistol and 1,286 bags of heroin. The net weight of the bags' contents was approximately 15 grams. In separate trials, two juries convicted Ayala of multiple charges relating to the contraband police found in Ayala's home and vehicle. Because Ayala had been previously convicted of four other felonies, the Superior Court declared Ayala to be a habitual…
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