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· 8/4/1987

DePriest v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 359 S.E.2d 540
  • 4 Va. App. 577
  • 4 Va. Law Rep. 286
  • 1987 Va. App. LEXIS 215

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that \federal courts have held uniformly that an appellate tribunal may consider evidence adduced at trial that supports the district judge's ruling\ made at a pretrial suppression hearing
  • noting that defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his companion’s “person” and therefore “lack[ed] standing to contest the arguably illegal search” of the companion
  • finding reasonable suspicion for a stop even though the officer did not personally observe suspected narcotics change hands during a hand-to-hand transaction
  • finding reasonable suspicion for a stop even though the officer did not personally observe suspected narcotics change hands during a hand-to-hand transaction
  • officer’s observations failed to establish probable cause to arrest where officer did not observe exchange of narcotics or object suggesting narcotics
  • where officer did not observe suspected narcotics change hands during hand-to-hand transactions, circumstances did not establish probable cause, but did supply reasonable suspicion

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Judges: Keenan

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