Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 6, 1998No. Record 980486PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SENIOR JUSTICE STEPHENSON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided that the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his person and property.

I

On January 9, 1995, Lemar Jamie Anderson entered into a written plea agreement whereby he agreed to plead guilty to possession of a firearm upon school property in violation of Code § 18.2-308.1. The agreement provided that Anderson would be sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with execution of the sentence suspended upon certain…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Dyke v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
  4. Anderson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State of Iowa v. Isaac Andrew Baldon IIISupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
  2. Du v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2016
  3. Shaver v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  4. Megel v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  5. United States v. Juan LaraCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017

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