Jean-Laurent v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the presence of consent is a factual question to be determined by the trier of fact”
• holding tacit consent to search of person was insufficient to prove consent to search bags, where bags were not in defendant's actual possession, defendant merely pointed out bags at officer's request, and officer never specifically asked for consent to search bags
• warrant and probable cause are not required if consent is given freely and voluntarily
• where owner of bag opened bag for officer after officer (a) unlawfully seized it, (b) asked owner whether it contained contraband, (c) received response that bag contained knife, and (d
• where owner of bag opened bag for officer after officer (a) unlawfully seized it, (b) asked owner whether it contained contraband, (c) received response that bag contained knife, and (d

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hargraves v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-01-15· cited 43×
• Raheem Montaz Knight v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-12-18· cited 34×
• Sykes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-12-27· cited 20×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-27· cited 14×
• Royal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-01-29· cited 13×
• George Lee Hawkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-08-04· cited 11×
• Erie Lawrence v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-18· cited 7×
• Hunt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-09-02· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Vance
  Augusta County Circuit Court· 2012-08-09
• Christopher Patrick Carter v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-12-28

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Mapp v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 9,088×
• Florida v. Royer
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
• United States v. Place
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 3,374×
• Commonwealth v. Grimstead
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-05· cited 429×
• Juares v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-12-09· cited 150×
• United States v. Everton G. Wilson
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-03-07· cited 148×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-01· cited 130×
• Walls v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 106×
• Limonja v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-08-15· cited 101×
• Parker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 85×
• Bynum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-12· cited 52×
• Crosby v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-19· cited 38×
• Elliotte v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-04· cited 28×
• Via v. Peyton
  W.D. Virginia· 1968-05-24· cited 16×