CALDWELL v. STATE

No. 57, 2000.

780 A.2d 1037 (2001)

Fred T. CALDWELL, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Pedersen, Esquire, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

John Williams, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for the State.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


VEASEY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we address the constitutional limitations on searches and seizures conducted during the course of a traffic stop. It has long been clear that the duration and execution of a traffic stop, like any investigative stop, must be reasonably related to the initial purpose of the stop. Thus, under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, any detention of a vehicle or its occupants...

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