Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 27, 1970No. Record 7159PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Harold Edward Ritter, Jr., defendant, seeks to reverse a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach on July 25, 1968, finding him guilty of possession of a narcotic drug (marijuana) in violation of Virginia’s Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, and sentencing him to three-year term in the penitentiary.
On January 31, 1968, Sgt. L. O. Sutton obtained a search warrant for the residence of Harold E. Ritter, 1400 East Bay Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Defendant, then an eighteen-year-old student at First Colonial High School, resided in this dwelling with his parents. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rodgers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Rees v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- United States v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Josephs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
- State v. ReamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- Gillis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- Smallwood v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
- Clodfelter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
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