Morke v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

On appeal, Thomas Morke contends: (1) that the search warrant issued for his residence failed to meet the particularity requirements of the Fourth Amendment and Code § 19.2-54 in describing the items to be seized and that the evidence seized based on the warrant should have been suppressed; (2) that the officers exceeded the authority conferred by the warrant in seizing items not named in the warrant, thereby invalidating their seizure even of items otherwise lawfully seized; (3) that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated because the search warrant for his residence was…