Malbrough v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLESS. RUSSELL.
In this appeal, we must determine whether, under the facts presented, a defendant's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure were infringed by a consent search of his person, conducted by police at a roadside stop, after he had been told that he was free to leave.
Facts and Proceedings
The material facts are undisputed. In the early afternoon of February 25, 2004, Ronald Wayne Malbrough, Jr., was operating a light blue Cadillac in a residential area in Chesterfield County. He was stopped by Officer Stephen Fortier of the…
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