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· 1/5/1993

Beckner v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 425 S.E.2d 530
  • 15 Va. App. 533
  • 9 Va. Law Rep. 699
  • 1993 Va. App. LEXIS 5

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the facts the police rely on must amount to more than a \hunch\
  • stating that face-to-face confrontation with previously unknown informant provided indicia of informant's personal reliability
  • ―[I]mplications of a personal basis of knowledge may arise when an individual reports that a person . . . ‗is displaying a gun.‘‖
  • ―[I]mplications of a personal basis of knowledge may arise when an individual reports that a person . . . ‗is displaying a gun.‘‖
  • \[I]mplications of a personal basis of knowledge may arise when an individual reports that a person ... 'is displaying a gun.' \
  • Commonwealth conceding that officer seized defendant when he activated emergency lights on marked police vehicle

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Judges: Moon

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