Zarek Jamar Coleman v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Zarek Jamar Coleman (appellant) appeals from his convictions for burglary and grand larceny, entered on his conditional pleas of guilty.

In the trial court, appellant moved to suppress, contending the stop and search of the vehicle he was driving were without probable cause. The trial court ruled that the stop and detention were lawful, that probable cause existed to search the passenger compartment, and that appellant consented to a search of the vehicle’s trunk. The trial court concluded further that appellant lacked standing to contest the search of a wallet 1 found in the trunk of the car…