· 7/9/1991
Troncoso v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 407 S.E.2d 349
- 12 Va. App. 942
- 8 Va. Law Rep. 294
- 1991 Va. App. LEXIS 180
How courts have described this case
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- holding that although Troncoso was carrying drugs and not a weapon, the “bulge” in his clothing and his “efforts to conceal it” gave the officer reasonable suspicion that Troncoso had a weapon
- “[The Virginia] Supreme Court has steadfastly refused to extend [the exclusionary] rule to encompass evidence seized pursuant to statutory violations, absent an express statutory provision for suppression.”
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Judges: Willis
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