Legal Opinion
Woodson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 16, 1993No. Record 921171PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
*403The primary issue in this Fourth Amendment case is whether inculpatory evidence was properly admitted. To decide this question, we must determine when the defendant was “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.*
About 7:45 p.m. on November 24, 1988, Detective D.R. Carter was stationed at the front entrance of a house in the City of Richmond while other police officers were executing a search warrant for drugs inside the house. As Carter stood at the front entrance making sure that no one entered or left the house during the search, he noticed a car being driven slowly by the house…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Carl BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Steven Curtis WaupekenayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Banner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
3Cited by32 opinions
- Van Andre Beasley v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2012
- Brown v. City of DanvilleCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
- Motley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Clarke v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
- Clark v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
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