Commonwealth v. Brown

By Judge D. Arthur Kelsey

The Commonwealth accuses Ernest Brown of third-offense petit larceny in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-104 (Michie 1996). In his pretrial motion to suppress, Brown argues that the Commonwealth questioned him illegally and conducted a search in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Defendant’s Motion to Suppress (Sept. 1, 2000); Defendant’s Letter Brief (Oct. 16,2000). For the following reasons, the Court disagrees.

On May 30, 2000, Officer R. M. Bond of the Suffolk Police Department received word from the dispatcher to investigate…