Legal Opinion
William Edward Freeman, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided November 17, 2015No. 2302144PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETTY, Judge.
After entering a conditional guilty plea under Code § 19.2-254, William Edward Freeman, Jr. now appeals the trial court’s denial of his motions to suppress evidence. The evidence was obtained after law enforcement officers stopped him on suspicion of having objects hanging from his rearview mirror that obstructed his clear view of the highway, in violation of Code § 46.2-1054. 1 Freeman argues that no reasonable suspicion existed to support the stop because the law enforcement officers did not articulate objective facts in addition to the presence of the dangling objects to…
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