Supreme Court of Virginia· 1/9/1998

Parker v. Commonwealth

Citations

496 S.E.2d 47
255 Va. 96
1998 Va. LEXIS 23

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holding that the manner of the officer's approach established \a show of authority which restrained the defendant's liberty\
holding that, where police clearly followed the defendant and then “asked the defendant if he had any guns or drugs in his possession,” a reasonable person would not have believed that he was free to leave
holding that a police officer, who drives onto private property to pursue an individual and then encounters that person, has exercised his authority to restrain the liberty of that individual
holding that, where police clearly followed the defendant and then “asked the defendant if he had any guns or drugs in his possession,” a reasonable person would not have believed that he was free to leave
recognizing that an investigatory detention may take place \even though there is no probable cause to make an arrest\ (citing Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 22, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1880, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968))
holding that, where police clearly followed the defendant and then “asked the defendant if he had any guns or drugs in his possession,” a reasonable person would not have believed that he was free to leave

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