Logan v. Com.

OPINION BY Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the exclusionary rule never applies to evidence submitted in probation revocation proceedings, regardless of the searching officer's conduct or bad faith.

I

The facts relevant to the issue presented are not in dispute. In 2002, James Gregory Logan was convicted of selling cocaine as an accommodation under Code § 18.2-248(D). He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, with three years and seven months suspended upon condition that he be of good behavior…