Opinion
No. 264, 2016
04-18-2017
DEVIN L. TROTTER, Defendant Below Appellant, v. STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.
Court Below: Superior Court of the State of Delaware Cr. ID. No. 1502012432 Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices; SLIGHTS, Vice Chancellor, constituting the Court en Banc. ORDER
Sitting by designation under Del. Const. art. IV, § 12.
This is a case with a complicated record, and the single issue of colorable merit on appeal is whether defendant Devin Trotter's motion to suppress was improperly denied. But the bottom line is that the police had probable cause, based on the totality of the circumstances as reasonably perceived by the key officer, to believe that Trotter, at the very least, illegally concealed a deadly weapon, and thus had grounds not just to detain Trotter, but also to arrest him. For that reason, the Superior Court properly denied the motion to suppress.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior Court is hereby AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Leo E . Strine, Jr.
Chief Justice