Legal Opinion

Jones v. Com.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 25, 2010No. 090979PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

690 S.E.2d 95 (2010)

Russell Maurice JONES

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 090979.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 25, 2010.

Cassandra M. Hausrath, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. (William C. Mims, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.

In this appeal, we consider whether off-duty law enforcement officers, privately employed by an apartment complex to protect its property from trespassers, unlawfully seized a defendant in violation of the Fourth Amendment, when the defendant…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Ohio v. RobinetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Shifflett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2011
  5. Lashant Leonardo White v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2016

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