Megel v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on remand from the Supreme Court of Virginia. Megel v. Commonwealth, 262 Va. 531, 537, 551 S.E.2d 638, 642 (2001). Michael Megel was indicted in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County for possession of firearms by a convicted felon, in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2. He filed a motion to suppress the evidence of the firearms, found in a warrantless search of his home. Denying the motion, the trial judge ruled that the search was lawful because (i) Megel had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his home while he was in the electronic…