State v. Adams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to follow Heath because “[t]here are too many occasions where . . . there was a lawful basis to stop a motor vehicle for a traffic violation which led later to arrests for other kinds of offenses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Scottize Danyelle Brown
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-06-28· cited 135×
• State v. Ranken
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2010-10-19· cited 10×
• State of Delaware v. Niyala.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2014-07-17
• State of Delaware v. Kimberly Gilbert
  Delaware Court of Common Pleas· 2017-05-15
• State v. Cannon
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-07-09
• State v. Cromwell
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-03-03
• State v. Jordan
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-06-28
• State v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-12-02
• State v. Vonduyke
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2026-05-15

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Whren v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-15· cited 7,105×
• Pennsylvania v. Mimms
  Supreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 3,269×
• Maryland v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-19· cited 1,555×
• Hooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-05-30· cited 167×
• United States v. Joseph A. Travisano
  Second Circuit· 1983-12-22· cited 134×
• Caldwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-09-13· cited 108×
• Dorsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-10-18· cited 91×
• Jensen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-09-11· cited 82×
• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-02-25· cited 75×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2006-03-14· cited 73×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-22· cited 71×
• State v. Sisson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2005-03-11· cited 62×
• Pierson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-05-19· cited 55×
• Culver v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-08-05· cited 43×
• Blount v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-07-18· cited 36×
• State v. Heath
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2006-11-28· cited 29×
• McDonald v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-05-02· cited 18×
• State v. Henderson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2005-01-11· cited 8×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-11-28· cited 3×