Virginia Court Decisions
Criminal Law - Drug Charges

1695071 Criminal Law, Drug Possession, Search & Seizure Laws - Linwood Dwayne Bandy v. Commonwealth of Virginia 08/12/2008
Trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion to suppress drugs discovered in his pocket during a pat down as officer's seizure of appellant did not violate the Fourth Amendment and the frisk did not exceed its permissible scope

1944061 Criminal Law, Search and Seizure, Marijuana Possession - Lorenzo Bunch, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia 04/08/2008
Trial court did not err in denying motion to suppress illegal drugs found on appellant during a search of his pocket after officer smelled odor of marijuana coming from the pocket

2551072 Commonwealth of Virginia v. Paige Elizabeth Anderson - Possession of Marijuana, Vehicle search, Criminal law, Traffic stop - 03/18/2008
No error in trial court's suppression of baggie of marijuana removed from appellee's purse in her vehicle obtained in violation of Fourth Amendment

0240071 Demetres Jerrod Rudolph v. Commonwealth of Virginia - Search and Seizure, Possession of Marijuana, Criminal law - 02/26/2008
No error in trial court's denial of appellant's motion to suppress marijuana found in appellant's vehicle where officer had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle

0069063 Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute - Victor Garnette Cunningham v. Commonwealth 04/24/2007
Trial judge erred in denying the motion to suppress the evidence found in appellant's house pursuant to the search warrant as the search warrant was not supported by probable cause; appellant's conviction for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court

2233053 Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute - John Eugene Sowers, Jr. v. Commonwealth 04/24/2007
Trial court did not err in denying the pre-trial motion to suppress evidence pursuant to a search warrant and in applying the good faith exception of United States v. Leon; appellant's conviction of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute is affirmed

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