Legal Opinion

Bethea v. Com.

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided May 30, 1991No. Record No. 0371-89-2Published

1Opinion of the Court

404 S.E.2d 65 (1991)

George BETHEA, Jr.

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 0371-89-2.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 16, 1991.

Rehearing En Banc Granted May 30, 1991.

Russell C. Williams, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Marla Lynn Graff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, BENTON and COLEMAN, JJ.

BENTON, Judge.

George Bethea, Jr. was convicted at a bench trial for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. His appeal questions whether a police officer unreasonably detained him during a routine traffic stop of an automobile in…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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