Legal Opinion
Roulhac v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided June 12, 2007No. 0774061PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. FRANK, Judge.
John Wilson Roulhac, Jr., appellant, was convicted in a bench trial of possession of cocaine in violation of Code § 18.2-250. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress, as the police did not have reasonable suspicion to detain or pat him down. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
On August 22, 2006, Portsmouth police officers Worley and Candelario were riding patrol on High Street when Worley observed appellant and another individual conduct a “hand to hand transaction” in which it “appeared that they may have…
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