Court of Appeals of Virginia· 3/27/2001

Dickerson v. Commonwealth

Citations

543 S.E.2d 623
35 Va. App. 172
2001 Va. App. LEXIS 152

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explaining that probable cause can develop during a consensual encounter
noting deputy “was not persistent in seeking information from Dickerson in the face of either resistance on his part or under circumstances where his willingness to cooperate was not made manifest”
asked if there was anything in his car, such as “dope, marijuana, roaches in the ashtray”
\[T]he officer's subjective beliefs are irrelevant for purposes of determining whether the officer actually had probable cause to arrest.\
“[A]bsent [additional] reasonable, articulable suspicion, [the officer] could not lawfully extend the initial stop and continue to detain [appellant] in order to ask him questions concerning his possession [of contraband].”

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Judges: Annunziata, Bumgardner, Frank

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