Legal Opinion

Davis v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided May 22, 2001No. 0020001PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*536CLEMENTS, Judge.

John Herbert Davis was convicted in a bench trial of driving on a suspended operator’s license.1 On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence from a traffic stop that his driver’s license was suspended. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

On February 22, 1999, Sergeant R.K. Moore received a dispatch to a fight in progress in the Pinewood subdivision in the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County. Moore could not recall the address to which he was dispatched; however, it was not the same street or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. McGee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  5. Fore v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Mattaponi Indian Tribe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
  2. Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
  3. Shiflett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  4. Eric Hamilton v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018
  5. Whitaker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2001

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