Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1/12/2010

Lawson v. Commonwealth

Citations

687 S.E.2d 94
55 Va. App. 549
2010 Va. App. LEXIS 6

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holding that a police officer was justified in stopping a vehicle when he saw what he “believed were ‘hand to-hand’ drug transactions from [suspect’]s vehicle”
holding that a police officer was justified in stopping a vehicle when he saw what he “believed were ‘hand to-hand’ drug transactions from [suspect’]s vehicle”
recognizing that “ultimate questions of reasonable suspicion . . . involve questions of both law and fact” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
recognizing that “ultimate questions of reasonable suspicion and probable cause . . . involve questions of both law and fact” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
recognizing that “ultimate questions of reasonable suspicion and probable cause as here presented involve questions of both law and fact” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
finding that officer’s viewing hand-to-hand transactions, along with other suspicious activity over a two-week surveillance period, provided reasonable suspicion for investigatory stop

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Judges: McCLANAHAN

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