Brown v. State

HERRMANN, Justice.

In this appeal from convictions of carrying concealed a deadly weapon [11 Del.C. § 463] and possession of an hypodermic syringe [16 Del.C. § 4716(c)], the question is whether the search and seizure was reasonable and in conformity with the requirements of the Fourth Amendment, under the standards of Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).

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The defendant Brown was operating an automobile when he was stopped for a rou tine traffic check by State Trooper Van Brunt. The suspicions of the police offi,cer had been aroused by seemingly strange and furtive…