Legal Opinion
Hasan v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 31, 2008No. Record 080030PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.
In this appeal, we consider whether evidence of a defendant's response to a police officer's question regarding the presence of a weapon in a vehicle should have been suppressed in the absence of Miranda warnings. For the reasons stated below, we will reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
I. Facts and Proceedings Below
On May 30, 2004, Newport News Police officers received a radio transmission for a "be-on-the-lookout" ("BOL") concerning an *570 armed robbery that had occurred in the city. Officers Sutton and Grace of the Newport News Police…
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