Case Title: Davis v. State

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State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2024-01-03T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MARVIN DAVIS,  
 
 
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Defendant-Below  
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No. 419, 2022 
 
 
Appellant,  
 
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Court Below—Superior Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
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Cr. ID No. 2103008825A/B (N) 
STATE OF DELAWARE, 
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
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Submitted: December 27, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
January 3, 2024 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, LEGROW, and 
GRIFFITHS, Justices constituting the Court en banc. 
 
 
ORDER 
This 3rd day of January, 2024, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
By order dated November 8, 2023, this Court remanded this case to the 
Superior Court for consideration of Marvin Davis’s claim that the exit order and 
seizure of evidence following the stop of his motor vehicle for a suspected 
registration violation violated his rights under Article I, § 6 of the Delaware 
Constitution.1  
(2) 
By order dated November 29, 2023, the Superior Court issued its 
Decision on Remand and reported to this Court that it had 
 
1 Davis v. State, 2023 WL 7382873 (Del. Nov. 8, 2023). 
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held a teleconference with the parties to discuss how [the] Court would 
approach deciding the state constitutional issue.  The Court was advised 
by the State that it intended to move under Superior Court Criminal 
Rule 48(b) for leave to enter a nolle prosequi.  The State filed such a 
motion and the Court granted it.  Thereafter, the State entered a nolle 
prosequi. 
(3) 
The parties agree that the post-conviction entry of the nolle prosequi 
should result in the vacatur of Davis’s convictions and that this appeal is now moot. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Davis’s convictions be 
VACATED and his appeal be DISMISSED as moot. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
BY THE COURT:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gary F. Traynor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice