Legal Opinion

Harmon v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided December 15, 1992No. Record No. 1956-90-1PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Marcel Levatino Harmon (appellant) appeals from his bench trial conviction by the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach (trial court) for possession of cocaine. He asserts that the trial court erred in failing to suppress the evidence of cocaine found in his car pursuant to a warrantless search, and further alleges that the evidence was insufficient to prove that he knowingly and intentionally possessed cocaine. Upon familiar principles, we state the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Logan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
  2. Buck v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1995
  3. Reel v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
  4. Shiflett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  5. Hamlin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000

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