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Commonwealth v. Miller

Virginia Circuit Court

Decided August 29, 1988No. Case Nos. Cr. 8835 and 8836Published

1Opinion of the Court

By JUDGE ROBERT K. WOLTZ

This is in decision of the defendant’s motion to suppress as evidence a statement of the defendant to an informer-agent of the police and certain tangible items searched for and seized by the police from his person and his vehicle. The statement is suppressed, the items seized are not.

The police informer-agent was a drug dealer. Under a search warrant, her home was searched and contraband drugs were found there. Charges were not brought against her at that time in return for her agreement to cooperate with the police in the apprehension of other persons for drug…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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