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Fore v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 18, 1980No. Record 790625PublishedCited by 172 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.

In a jury trial, Theodore G. Fore was convicted of burglary and sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary. We granted him an appeal limited to the question whether his conviction was based upon evidence improperly seized in a warrantless search of an automobile.

The trial court conducted a pretrial hearing on Fore’s motion to suppress evidence. Fore testified that in mid-November, 1977, he left a 1970 Buick, owned by him but titled in the name of his wife as Virginia Rosanna Donnelly, at Sheehy Ford in Prince Georges County, Maryland, for an estimate of the cost of brake repairs. He *1009ha…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Cardwell v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Haefeli v. ChernoffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by172 opinions

  1. McGee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  2. Archer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  3. McCain v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  4. Jackson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
  5. DePriest v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987

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