Commonwealth v. Accardi

By Judge Paul F. Sheridan

The Commonwealth has charged Anthony Milton Accardi with first-degree murder in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32. In his pretrial motion to suppress, Accardi claims that the Commonwealth obtained his confession to the crime charged in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution and of Virginia and District of Columbia statutory law. For the following reasons, the Court denies the motion.

Facts

On May 28,2001, officers of the Arlington County Police Department entered the District of Columbia in an effort to locate Anthony Accardi…