Legal Opinion
Richard Alvin Otey v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided December 26, 2012No. 2439112PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCullough, judge.
Richard Alvin Otey was stopped for driving with a defective brake light. The stop led to the discovery of illegal drugs. He challenges the validity of the stop, contending that the stop was not justified because, as a matter of law, his brake light was not defective. We disagree and affirm. 1
BACKGROUND
On April 15, 2011, Deputy D.J. Hart of the Spotsylvania County Sheriffs Office was conducting surveillance of a suspect vehicle driven by appellant. As he drove closer to appellant’s car, Deputy Hart noticed that “a portion of the third brake light, the high mount brake light,…
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