Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided January 26, 1999No. 1166971PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Senior Judge.
Andra S. Wilson (appellant) appeals from his bench trial conviction by the Circuit Court of the City of Suffolk (trial court) for driving while intoxicated in violation of Code § 18.2-266. Appellant contends the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence. We agree and reverse the conviction.
On an appeal from a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress
[w]e view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom. We review the trial court’s findings of historical fact…
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- Michigan Department of State Police v. SitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Lowe v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- Simmons v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
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3Cited by2 opinions
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