Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 10, 1992No. Record 910512PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted this appeal to consider whether an encounter between a policeman and the appellant, a pedestrian, was a seizure within the scope of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of *193the United States, and if so, whether the policeman had reasonable, articulable cause to suspect the appellant of criminal conduct.
Michael Theodore Baldwin was charged with three offenses, viz., drunk in public, possession of marijuana, and possession of psilocin (hallucinogenic mushrooms). The defendant filed a pretrial motion to suppress all of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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