Supreme Court of Delaware

Fowler v. State

September 29, 2016

Summary

The Court affirmed Fowler’s convictions for drug dealing and conspiracy. It held that Fowler waived his Delaware constitutional challenge to the automobile search, and that the marijuana odor supplied probable cause under ordinary Fourth Amendment principles. The Court also rejected Fowler’s unpreserved challenges to the officer’s qualifications, joinder, expert testimony, and jury instructions under plain-error review.