Legal Opinion

Adams v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided September 19, 2006No. 1038053PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN, Judge.

A jury convicted Germaine Delano Adams of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and sentenced him to thirty-three years in the penitentiary. He argues the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress and admitting evidence seized from his residence under the *741good faith exception to the search warrant requirement. Adams also contends the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence from a gun manufacturer’s catalog. For the following reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

On review of the denial of a motion to suppress, we view…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Hudson v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Lavinder v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  5. Clay v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Adams v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2008
  2. Adams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2006
  3. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Francisco Becerra-OchoaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2013
  4. Linda Mena Arreola, s/k/a Linda Mena-Arreola v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2020
  5. Marc Joseph Stout v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009

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