Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ealy
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 1, 1991No. Record Nos. 2006-90-3, 2035-90-3PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KOONTZ, C.J.
The Commonwealth challenges the circuit court’s decision to suppress evidence obtained through the police’s April 17, 1989 searches of the garage owned by Aliene Burnopp, Samuel (Sam) Steven Ealy’s mother, in relation to the April 16, 1989 murders of Robert Davis, Una Mae Davis and Robert Hopewell, Jr. Specifically, the Commonwealth contends: (1) the initial search of the garage was legal; (2) Mrs. Burnopp’s consent to search the garage was voluntary; (3) Ealy’s consent to search the garage and his car was voluntary; and (4) those consents purged any illegal taint created…
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