Legal Opinion
Midkiff v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided June 30, 2009No. 2393073PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER S. FELTON, JR., Chief Judge.
Following a jury trial, David Midkiff (“appellant”) was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography and eighteen counts of possession of child pornography, second or subsequent offense, in violation of Code § 18.2-374.1:1. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized from his home. He argues that the search warrant was invalid and that the trial court erred in applying the Leon 1 good-faith exception to find the search pursuant to that warrant was valid. He also contends the trial court erred by…
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