Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Swartz
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Decided December 16, 2003No. Case Nos. (Criminal) K103426 and K103888PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BY JUDGE R. TERRENCE NEY
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant James Swartz’s Motion to Suppress evidence seized from his home following its discovery during a police search incident to a home security alarm call.
Facts
On December 22, 2002, following a home security alarm call,1 Officer Erica Slaight of the Fairfax County Police Department was dispatched to the residence of Defendant James Swartz in Vienna, Virginia.2
*514Officer Slaight arrived at the residence at 6:00 p.m. Upon arrival, she saw no lights in the house and received no response to her knock at the front door or to the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. ProseusRockingham County Circuit Court · 2004