Kevin A. Walker, Defendant Below, Appellant v. State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Summary

The court held that evidence obtained through an administrative search conducted without any attempt to comply with basic probation-search procedures must be suppressed in a violation-of-probation proceeding under Delaware's statute-based exclusionary rule. It also held that the federal exclusionary rule does not apply in such proceedings, disposing of Walker's Fourth Amendment claim. The judgment revoking Walker's probation was therefore reversed.