Legal Opinion
Cole v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 16, 2017No. Record 161113PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN
**346 In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia erred by reversing a circuit court's decision to grant a motion to suppress evidence recovered during a strip search. We also consider whether *390 the Court of Appeals erred by affirming a conviction for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
BACKGROUND
On April 8, 2014, Officer Tony Moore (Officer Moore) of the Alexandria Police Department arrested Abdul Rahman Cole (Cole) for an outstanding warrant from Arlington, and also charged him **347 "for an open container ... and…
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