· 6/19/2001
Ramey v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 547 S.E.2d 519
- 35 Va. App. 624
- 2001 Va. App. LEXIS 338
How courts have described this case
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- noting that where the information relayed by police dispatch to an officer does not indicate the source of the information, an analysis of the legality of the initial stop must proceed as if the dispatch information originated from an anonymous source
- quot ing Neal v. Commonwealth, 27 Va.App. 233, 237, 498 S.E.2d 422, 424 (1998)
- \We have applied an imminent danger standard in reviewing the sufficiency of an anonymous tip where there is a contemporaneous description of dangerous criminal activity such as brandishing a firearm in a public place.\
- \We have applied an imminent danger standard in reviewing the sufficiency of an anonymous tip where there is a contemporaneous description of dangerous criminal activity such as brandishing a firearm in a public place.\
- an officer received a dispatch to be on the lookout for a specific kind of car, a specific license number, and specific passengers since one was somehow involved in a shooting the night before
- describing the deficiency in the J.L. tip
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Judges: Agee
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