Lovelace v. Commonwealth

WILLIS, Judge.

On appeal from his bench trial conviction of driving after being declared an habitual offender, second offense, in viola tion of Code § 46.2-357(B)(3), Joel Lovelace contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence against him. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. BACKGROUND

On April 14, 2000, at 10:45 p.m., Officer L.R. Kennedy of the Danville Police Department was working a traffic checkpoint on Mount Cross Road. He was positioned off the side of the road, approximately “thirty-five yards” from the checkpoint when he saw Lovelace’s car…