Freeman v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a “trained law enforcement officer may [be able to] identify criminal behavior which would appear innocent to an untrained observer” (alteration in original) (quoting Taylor v. Commonwealth, 6 Va. App. 384, 388 (1988) (en banc))
• noting that a trained law enforcement officer may be able to identify behavior as criminally significant that would appear innocent to an untrained observer
• slow speed and weaving by vehicle, coupled with officer’s experience, provided reasonable suspicion for stop
• slow speed and weaving by vehicle, coupled with officer’s experience, provided reasonable suspicion for stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Neal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-28· cited 58×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-22· cited 40×
• Alston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-03· cited 22×
• Lovelace v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-11-13· cited 11×
• United States v. Williams
  E.D. Virginia· 2013-05-13· cited 11×
• Timothy M. Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-04-15· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 1999-06-17
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Greensville County Circuit Court· 2009-03-19
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2015-09-16
• Robert L. McCumber v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-23

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• DePriest v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 149×
• Jacques v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-04· cited 145×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-09-26· cited 127×
• Greene v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-02-01· cited 97×
• Leeth v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 62×
• State v. Ratliff
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-10-20· cited 56×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-05-17· cited 54×
• Aubin v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-07· cited 33×
• People v. Loucks
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-08-07· cited 27×
• State v. Malaney
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-03-09· cited 21×
• State v. Ratliff
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-11-19· cited 15×
• Sell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1986-08-27· cited 13×