Legal Opinion · Dissent

Hunt v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided September 2, 2003No. Record 1575-02-2Published

1DissentFelton, J.

I would affirm the trial court’s judgment in denying Hunt’s motion to suppress the evidence obtained in the search following his arrest for trespass, and affirm Hunt’s convictions for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession of a weapon while in the possession of cocaine.

“In reviewing a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress, ‘the burden is upon [the defendant] to show that the ruling, when the evidence is considered most favorably to the Commonwealth, constituted reversible error.’ ” McGee v. Commonwealth, 25 Va.App. 193, 197, 487 S.E.2d 259, 261 (1997) (en…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. City of Indianapolis v. EdmondSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Knowles v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. McGee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997

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