The Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld a decision by a circuit court to grant a motion to suppress evidence filed by a man searched by police who claimed he could not validly consent to the search. The court ruled ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Junius P. Fulton III Search and seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Exigent circumstances supported a warrantless request to a cellphone provider for a “ping” of the defendant’s cellphone, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court has held in a matter of first impression. Prosecutors had argued the man’s violent criminal history and armed ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Law Judge Barbara Milano Keenan Search and seizure

Charges against a Virginia man who was subjected to a warrantless search and seizure will be dropped after a full panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the search violated in the Fourth Amendment in a ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Henry F. Floyd Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Judge Julius N. Richardson Search and seizure