Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

Tacitus Anstatius Hall was convicted by jury of possession of burglar’s tools in violation of Code § 18.2-94 and carrying a concealed weapon in violation of Code § 18.2-308. In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether Hall’s arrest was unlawful, thereby rendering the evidence seized inadmissible, and whether Hall violated Code § 18.2-308 by carrying a handgun in a gym bag.

At approximately 11:09 p.m. on December 13, 1987, Officer Dennis Baines of the Williamsburg Police Department responded to a silent burglar alarm at the Williamsburg Drug Company, bordering the campus…