Legal Opinion
Harris v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 2003No. Record 022168Published
1Opinion of the Court
581 S.E.2d 206 (2003)
266 Va. 28
Leon Thomas HARRIS
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.
Record No. 022168.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
June 6, 2003.
Elliott B. Bender, for appellant.
Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Jerry W. Kilgore, Atty. Gen., Leah A. Darron, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.
Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.
OPINION BY Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.
In this appeal, we consider whether Leon Thomas Harris was illegally detained by police and whether evidence obtained in a search of his truck should have been suppressed because it…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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