Delaware Supreme Court · 2001
Caldwell v. State
A traffic stop must stay tied to its purpose. Frisking and handcuffing a driver stopped for a parking violation, based only on nervousness, an arm movement, and not knowing his passenger's name, turned the stop into a new detention with no independent justification. With no facts suggesting he was armed and dangerous, the drugs found were suppressed.
780 A.2d 1037
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