Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 10, 2001No. 1416003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AGEE, Judge.
Timothy Wayne Palmer (the appellant) was convicted in the Patrick County Circuit Court of forging a public document in violation of Code § 18.2-168. He was sentenced to serve a term of ten days incarceration. On appeal, the appellant contends the trial court erred in finding the traffic checkpoint at which he was stopped constitutional and permitting the evidence obtained in the stop to be admitted at trial. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court.
BACKGROUND
The checkpoint at which the appellant was stopped was established pursuant to a Virginia State…
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