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Delaware law, in your pocket.
Delaware criminal and traffic statutes, the Delaware decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call — built from published state sources, on your phone with no signal needed. Covers 11 Del. C. and 21 Del. C..
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The rules that are Delaware’s own.
Federal cases set the minimum. Delaware’s courts have their own answers — and those are the ones that control your stop, your search, your report.
Caldwell v. State
A traffic stop’s scope and duration must stay tied to its purpose; investigation beyond that purpose and any frisk of an occupant are separate seizures each requiring independent reasonable suspicion (and, for a frisk, that the person is armed and dangerous). (780 A.2d 1037). Scope: Controlling Delaware authority within the facts and issue stated in this record.
780 A.2d 1037FULL BRIEF IN THE DE PACK →
State v. Cooley
The collective-knowledge / fellow-officer rule applies only where officers actually communicate the facts establishing probable cause; probable cause cannot be imputed to an arresting officer absent such communication. (457 A.2d 352). Scope: Controlling Delaware authority within the facts and issue stated in this record.
457 A.2d 352FULL BRIEF IN THE DE PACK →
Lefebvre v. State
DUI probable cause is assessed on the totality of the circumstances, and probable cause that exists before field sobriety testing is not negated by the driver’s successful performance on those tests. (19 A.3d 287). Scope: Controlling Delaware authority within the facts and issue stated in this record.
19 A.3d 287FULL BRIEF IN THE DE PACK →
FIELD GUIDES — STEP-BY-STEP FLOWCHARTS
The call, one decision at a time.
DV, juveniles, hospital holds, use of force, traffic — each guide walks the fork in the road with the Delaware law and procedure built in, the way an FTO would talk you through it.
Delaware paper plates, decoded.
Run it
Most DE tags CAN be run. XD may have delay.
Check prefix
Must start with 2 letters. XK prefix DOES NOT EXIST.
Match format to prefix
XP/XQ = printed, no hologram. XD = handwritten, has hologram. Don’t mix them up.
The temp-tag scanner is free for verified law enforcement — with or without a subscription. SEE HOW THE SCANNER WORKS →
Federal cases that reach every Delaware stop.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)
Ordering the driver out on a lawful stop — what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
Arizona v. Gant (2009)
Once the arrestee is secured, the automatic car search is gone. The two narrow windows that remain.
Riley v. California (2014)
Seizing the phone is one question. Searching its data is another.
Cross the line, keep the reference.
Task force, bi-state agency, or a beat near the border — every state gets the same breakdown, and the FEDERAL KIT travels with you.
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