PENDLETON v. STATE

No. 389, 2009.

990 A.2d 417 (2010)

Ezra PENDLETON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Abram, Law Office of Michael R. Abram, Georgetown, DE, for appellant.

Abby Adams, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE, for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices.


STEELE, Chief Justice:

In this appeal, we consider the validity of evidence seized during an administrative search conducted after a probation officer telephonically conferred with his supervisor but failed to complete a tangible, paper copy of a pre-search checklist. Ezra Pendleton contends that absent exigent circumstances, probation officers should strictly comply with the Department of Corrections' guidelines and failure to do so here necessitates a reversal of...

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