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· 6/12/2007

Roulhac v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 646 S.E.2d 4
  • 50 Va. App. 8
  • 2007 Va. App. LEXIS 228

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the initial consensual encounter between law enforcement and a suspect became a seizure when the officer grabbed the suspect’s wrist
  • “Without consent or reasonable suspicion that appellant was armed, [the officer] had no lawful authority to grab appellant and to pat him down for weapons.”
  • individual free to leave consensual encounter with police

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Judges: Robert P. Frank

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