Legal Opinion

Spivey v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided January 14, 1997No. 2829951PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRAY, Judge.

Deborah Spivey (defendant) was convicted in a bench trial for possessing both cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erroneously declined to suppress evidence resulting from an unlawful “no-knock” entry incidental to the execution of a search warrant and improperly received into evidence items omitted from the related inventory. Defendant also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions. Finding no error, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

In accordance with well established principles, we…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Wilson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. GrimsteadCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  5. Long v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Wynn v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  2. Henry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
  3. J.D. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
  4. Gregory v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
  5. Brown v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000

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