A police officer who was part of a gang unit who staked out a high school the day after a nearby gang-related stabbing had a reasonable, articulable suspicion to pat down a woman suspected of having a weapon, including her ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andre M. Davis Search & Seizure

Is that a gun in your purse or are you just happy to see me? No, that’s not what a police officer said when he approached a woman near a Montgomery County, Md., high school the day after a gang-related ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Search & Seizure

When officers seized defendant as he began walking away from a posted public housing project, they recognized him from previous encounters, he was on private property, in a high-crime area, and had made furtive gestures, and the Court of Appeals ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert P. Frank Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Police had a reasonable, articulable suspicion to regard defendant as the perpetrator of an attack where a neighbor of the victim reported to police observing a man of similar description in the Laundromat, where he saw the victim’s bound feet ...

Tagged with: Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Although defendant alleged police officers wanted to search for drugs when they stopped his vehicle for crossing a double-yellow line, requested identification, asked to search and brought out a drug dog, the objective facts authorized the officers to stop the ...

Tagged with: Judge D. Arthur Kelsey Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Although an agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms first entered a home, which was for sale, by visiting with the real estate listing agent, the ATF agent did not violate defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights by entering the ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

A Roanoke City Circuit Court grants a motion to suppress, as the detective’s affidavit in support of the search warrant was arguably a “bare-bones” affidavit, that leaned heavily on the presence of baggies with cut-off corners found in defendant’s trash ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford R. Weckstein Roanoke Circuit Court Search & Seizure Virginia Circuit Courts

The Supreme Court of Virginia affirms defendant’s conviction on cocaine and marijuana charges, based on evidence discovered pursuant to a traffic stop police made after they got an anonymous tip that a black male, about 5’7” to 5’9”, with outstanding ...

Tagged with: Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. Search & Seizure Supreme Court of Virginia

The 4th Circuit says an officer who entered a home in response to a call to assist a four-year-old child who was wandering along a busy street did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he entered the house with the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Search & Seizure

An officer had probable cause to arrest defendant for public intoxication, based on booze on his breath, his bloodshot eyes and belligerent conduct, and the search of his vehicle incident to his arrest was correct on the law at the ...

Tagged with: Justice William C. Mims Search & Seizure Supreme Court of Virginia