Potts v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Robert Potts's motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. The court held that the stop was supported by the officer's observation of an unilluminated registration plate, that the trial court's factual findings were not clearly erroneous, and that asking whether Potts possessed a weapon was justified by the totality of the circumstances. The court declined to consider several arguments that Potts had not preserved and found no plain error in the unpreserved challenge to the vehicle search.