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Anderson v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 507 S.E.2d 339
  • 256 Va. 580
  • 1998 Va. LEXIS 148

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that probation condition which required defendant to waive his Fourth Amendment rights was not overbroad
  • holding that an offender’s selection between serving a sentence of imprisonment and complying with conditions of a suspended sentence constituted a voluntary “choice, not coercion”
  • holding defendant’s agreement to consent-search provision not coerced merely because it was “one of two undesirable options”
  • holding defendant’s agreement to consent-search provision not coerced merely because it was “one of two undesirable options”
  • holding grant of consent in a parole agreement was voluntary even though the terms of the agreement were “dictated by the Commonwealth” and the defendant signed “only to avoid time in jail”
  • holding grant of consent in a parole agreement was voluntary even though the terms of the agreement were “dictated by the Commonwealth” and the defendant signed “only to avoid time in jail”

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Judges: Has-Sell, Carrico, Compton, Lacy, Hassell, Koontz, Kinser, Stephenson

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