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Commonwealth v. Waters

Citations

  • 456 S.E.2d 527
  • 20 Va. App. 285
  • 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 411

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that \no language in... Cady restricts an officer's community caretaking actions to incidents involving automobiles\ and concluding that \an officer's community caretaker functions are not limited solely to automobile stops\
  • noting that \no language in ... Cady restricts an officer's community caretaking actions to incidents involving automobiles\ and concluding that \an officer's community caretaker functions are not limited solely to automobile stops\
  • holding application of community caretaker exception required a finding that “the officer is not investigating criminal conduct under the pretext of exercising his community caretaking function”
  • holding community caretaking could apply to seizure of individual
  • holding community caretaking could apply to seizure of individual
  • relying on Barrett v. Commonwealth, 18 Va. App. 773, 778, 447 S.E.2d 243, 245 (1994) (en banc), rev’d on other grounds, 250 Va. 243, 462 S.E.2d 109 (1995)

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Judges: Baker, Bray, Fitzpatrick

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