Ewell v. Commonwealth

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a police officer, who stopped and detained an operator of an automobile, had a reasonable articulable suspicion that the operator may be engaged in criminal activity.

Virginia Ann Ewell was indicted in the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach for possession of cocaine in violation of Code § 18.2-250. Ewell moved the trial court to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of the stop, asserting that the stop and her seizure were without a reasonable suspicion that she may have been engaged in criminal activity. The trial court denied the motion.…