Search & Seizure - Delayed Investigative Detention - Rule 5A:18 (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 18, 2008

A defendant’s conviction for possession of a controlled drug is affirmed by the Court of Appeals; although defendant contends on appeal that the delayed investigative detention by police violated his Fourth Amendment rights, in the trial court, he only objected to the search on the basis that the initial detention was illegal. Any violation of defendant’s ...
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