Legal Opinion

Guzewicz v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 6, 1972No. Record 7771 and 7772PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.

Defendants, Donald S. Guzewicz and Theodore J. Guzewicz, were found guilty by a jury of possession of various controlled drugs in violation of the Drug Control Act. Fines and jail and penitentiary sentences were imposed by the judgment orders entered on the jury verdicts. We granted defendants writs of error.

The sole question for determination is the validity of the search warrant authorizing a search of the Guzewicz apartment in the City of Fredericksburg, during which controlled drugs and narcotics paraphernalia were found and seized.

At the commencement of the trial a motion was made to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Nathanson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Saunders v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
  2. Thims v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
  3. Corey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989
  4. Mosher Steel-Virginia, Inc. v. TeigSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
  5. State v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981

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