Legal Opinion
Hart v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 28, 1980No. Record 791798PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
The trial court, sitting without a jury, convicted Thomas Hart of statutory burglary, sentenced him to confinement in the penitentiary for two years, and suspended the entire sentence upon certain specified conditions. On appeal, the question is whether an oral confession made by Hart should have been excluded from evidence as the product of an unlawful search and seizure of his clothing.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
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