Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Foltz v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided April 5, 2011No. 0521094Published

1Concurrence

BEALES, J., with whom HALEY, J.,

joins, concurring.

While I agree that this Court should affirm appellant’s conviction, I believe that the best and narrowest ground for resolving this appeal is to address the Fourth Amendment issue that was presented to the trial court and to this Court on appeal. This Fourth Amendment issue was extensively briefed and argued by the parties in the trial court, and it was the issue that the trial court actually addressed in denying appellant’s motion to suppress. Furthermore, this same Fourth Amendment issue was the issue presented to this Court in appellant’s…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Arizona v. GantSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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