· 5/13/2003
Craddock v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 580 S.E.2d 454
- 40 Va. App. 539
- 2003 Va. App. LEXIS 296
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting expert testimony that “each of the twelve rocks of crack had been ‘individually packaged,’ indicating that the cocaine could be sold in small, individual quantities”
- upholding an obstruction conviction under subsection (C) where officers were eventually able to complete a search of the defendant’s person despite his extended struggling that kept them from doing so for three to four minutes and continued throughout the search
- removal of drugs from resisting arrestee’s anal cavity — without having to pull on bag — did not render strip search unreasonable
- removal of drugs from resisting arrestee’s anal cavity did not constitute manual body cavity search when officer did not have to pull bag out from buttocks
- upholding an obstruction conviction under subsection (C
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Judges: Kelsey
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