· 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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