Court of Appeals of Virginia· 8/3/1993

Thomas v. Commonwealth

Citations

16 Va. App. 851
434 S.E.2d 319
10 Va. Law Rep. 96
1993 Va. App. LEXIS 301

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holding that “[transportation of a suspect a short distance for possible identification has consistently been found reasonable and consonant with Fourth Amendment safeguards”
holding that the fact that the defendant was handcuffed during the showup and wearing \jail garb\ at the preliminary hearing did not invalidate the identifications
holding that the fact that the defendant was handcuffed during the showup and wearing \jail garb\ at the preliminary hearing did not invalidate the identifications
holding that the defendant who was handcuffed and transported in the backseat of a police cruiser was detained, not arrested, when he implicitly consented to be transported to the scene of the reported crime
placing suspect in handcuffs during Terry stop justified where violent crime had just occurred in immediate vicinity and accused, behaving suspiciously, matched description of suspect
permitting handcuffing during a detention if doing so is reasonable under the circumstances

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Judges: Benton, Bray

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