Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Thomas

Spotsylvania County Circuit Court

Decided June 18, 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

By JUDGE JOHN A. JAMISON

This is in response to arguments in support of the suppression motion made by Mr. Woodbridge, counsel for the defendant, and those of Mr. Dickinson, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, in opposition, in the above case.

It is the defendant’s contention that the affidavit upon which the search warrant was based is defective, essentially because the papers in the file purporting to be the affidavit for search warrant and the statement of special agent S. W. Elam do not bear oaths or at least a sufficient number of oaths.

It is further contended that the box indicating the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Andrew J. WelebirCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
  2. Garza v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  3. Drumheller v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982

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