Scott v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
MOON, Chief Judge.
Willie Winfield Scott was convicted of possession of a firearm while possessing cocaine, possession of cocaine and obstruction of a police officer. On appeal he contends that the charges of possessing cocaine and possessing a firearm while possessing cocaine should be dismissed because the police officer violated his constitutional rights when the officer seized and frisked him on the basis of a general description provided by an anonymous phone caller. Scott further contends that because the officer’s seizure of him was unreasonable, his conviction of obstructing the…
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